Glyptotherium cylindricum Brown, 1912
Cylindrical glyptodont
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Brachyostracon cylindricum Brown, 1912
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
North America
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Brown, B. (1912). Brachyostracon, a new genus of glyptodonts from México. American Museum of Natural History Bulletin 31: 167-177.
Other references:
Barbosa FHdS, Porpino KdO, Fragoso ABL, Oliveira EV (2014). Arthritis in a Glyptodont (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata). PLoS ONE 9(2): e88646.
Bravo-Cuevas, Victor Manuel and Jiménez-Hidalgo, Eduardo. (2018). Advances on the Paleobiology of Late Pleistocene mammals from central and southern Mexico, pp. 277-313. In: Huard, Gaeten and Gareau, Jeannine (eds.). The Pleistocene: Geography, Geology, and Fauna. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Carlini, Alfredo A. et al. (2022). Damaged glyptodontid skulls from Late Pleistocene sites of northwestern Venezuela: evidence of hunting by humans? Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 141: 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-022-00253-3
Cuadrelli, Francisco, Escamilla, Juan, Zurita, Alfredo, Gillette, David D. and Dávila, Lorena S. (2023). Glyptotherium cylindricum (Cingulata, Glyptodontidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Guatemala: the most complete record of Glyptodontinae from Central America. Alcheringa. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2023.2242440
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Gillette D.D., Ray C.E. 1981 Glyptodonts of North America. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 40.
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Oliveira EV, Porpino KO, Barreto AF, Silva FM. (2010). On the presence of Glyptotherium in the late Pleistocene of Northeastern Brazil, and the status of “Glyptodon” and “Chlamydotherium”. Paleobiogeografic implications. N Jb Geo Paläont Abh 258(3): 353-363.
Ribeiro R.d.C., Kinoshita A., Figueiredo A.M.G., Carvalho I.d.S., Baffa O. 2012 Electron Spin Resonance dating of the Late Quaternary megafauna fossils from Baixa Grande, Bahia, Brazil. Quaternary International (0). (doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2012.07.017).
Zurita, Alfredo A. et al. (2012). The Pleistocene Glyptodontidae Gray, 1869 (Xenarthra: Cingulata) of Colombia and some considerations about the South American Glyptodontinae. Rev. bras. paleontol. 15(3): 273-280.