Glyptodon clavipes Owen, 1839
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene or Holocene
Distribution
South America
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Owen, Richard. (1839). Description of a tooth and part of the skeleton of the Glyptodon, a large quadruped of the edentate order, to which belong the tessellated bony armour figured by Mr. Clift in his memoir on the remains of the Megatherium, brought to England by Sir Woodbine Parish, F. G. S: Proceedings of the Geological Society, London 3: 108-113.
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