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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

 

 

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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

Dantas M.A.T., França L.d.M., Cozzuol M.A., Rincón A.D. 2011 About the occurrence of Glyptodon sp. in the Brazilian intertropical region. Quaternary International (0). (doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.06.024).

Ferrusquía-Villafranca I., Arroyo-Cabrales J., Martínez-Hernández E., Gama-Castro J., Ruiz-González J., Polaco O.J., Johnson E. (2010). Pleistocene mammals of Mexico: A critical review of regional chronofaunas, climate change response and biogeographic provinciality. Quaternary International 217(1–2), 53-104.

Gillette D.D., Ray C.E. 1981 Glyptodonts of North America. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 40.

Mead, Jim I., S. L. Swift, R. S. White, H. G. McDonald, and A. Baez. (2007). Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) Glyptodont and Pampathere (Xenarthra, Cingulata) from Sonora, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 24(3): 439-449.

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.

 

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