Parapropalaehoplophorus
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Parapropalaehoplophorus Temporal range: Early Miocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Superorder: | Xenarthra |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Glyptodontidae |
| Genus: | Parapropalaehoplophorus |
| Species: | P. septentrionalis |
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Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis Darin Croft et al., 2007 |
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Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis was a comparatively small (compared to Glyptodon) species of glyptodont, extinct relatives of the modern armadillo. The mammal, identified in 2007 from the fossilized remains of a specimen found in 2004, weighed approximately 200 pounds and had a shell covered by tiny circular bumps. It lumbered around northern Chile in an area now dominated by the Andes mountain range, some 18 million years ago.
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