Propalaehoplophorus

Propalaehoplophorus Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian-Friasian) ~17.5–15.5 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Propalaeohoplophorus minor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superorder:	Xenarthra
Order:	Cingulata
Family:	Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily:	†Glyptodontinae
Genus:	†Propalaehoplophorus Ameghino 1887
Species
P. australis P. minor
Synonyms
Propalaeohoplophorus

Propalaehoplophorus, also written as Propalaeohoplophorus, is an extinct genus of glyptodont, which lived in South America during the Early Miocene epoch.

Fossils of Propalaehoplophorus have been found in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina, the Honda Group and Nazareno Formation of Bolivia and the Río Frías Formation of Chile.

Restorations of Hapalops longiceps and Propalaeohoplophorus australis

Detail of a P. australis scute, early Miocene, in the permanent collection of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis