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Peltephilus

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Description

Peltephilus, the horned armadillo, is an extinct genus of dog-sized, armadillo xenarthran mammals which first inhabited Argentina during the Oligocene epoch, and became extinct in the Miocene epoch. Notably, the scutes on its head were so developed that they formed horns. Aside from the horned gophers of North America, it is the only known fossorial horned mammal.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4832784https://www.gbif.org/species/4832784
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)43550https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43550
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Peltephilidae : Peltephilus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Peltephilidae : Peltephilus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-AmericatheriaShockey 2017
-Xenarthra
-Cingulata
-Peltephilidae
genusPeltephilusAmeghino 1887
Scientific NamePeltephilus Ameghino, 1887
Name Published InEnum. Mam. fós. Patag.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Peltephilusgenusbelongs to Stegotheridaestated with evidenceAmeghino, 1891
Peltephilusgenusbelongs to Peltephilidaestated without evidenceAmeghino, 1894
Peltephilusgenusbelongs to Peltephilinaestated without evidenceLydekker, 1894
Peltephilusgenusbelongs to Peltephilidaestated with evidenceAmeghino, 1897
Peltephilusgenusbelongs to DasypodidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Peltephilusgenusbelongs to Peltephilidaestated without evidenceMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Peltephilusgenusbelongs to Peltephilidaestated with evidenceCroft et al., 2007
Peltephilusgenusbelongs to Peltephilidaestated without evidenceKramarz et al., 2010
Peltephilusgenusbelongs to Peltephilidaestated with evidenceShockey, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)12
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance15.5 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Xenarthra)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peltephilus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Peltephilus depressus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Peltephilus ferox
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
217.5 Ma
Miocene
17.5 Ma
Miocene
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Peltephilus giganteus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
117.5 Ma
Miocene
17.5 Ma
Miocene
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Peltephilus grandis
species
listed (PBDB)
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Peltephilus granosus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Peltephilus nanus
species
listed (PBDB)217.5 Ma
Miocene
15.5 Ma
Miocene
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Peltephilus protervus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Peltephilus pumilus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1123.0 Ma
Miocene
15.5 Ma
Miocene
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Peltephilus rarus
species
listed (PBDB)
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Peltephilus strepens
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
323.0 Ma
Miocene
17.5 Ma
Miocene
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Peltephilus undulatus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
233.9 Ma
Oligocene
29.0 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1887Peltephilus Ameghino
1891Peltephilus Ameghino p. 40
1894Peltephilus Ameghino p. 177
1894Peltephilus Lydekker p. 67
1897Peltephilus Ameghino p. 509
1988Peltephilus Carroll
1997Peltephilus McKenna and Bell p. 86
2007Peltephilus Croft et al. p. 785
2010Peltephilus Kramarz et al.
2017Peltephilus Shockey

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Ameghino F. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections], Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1, 289-328
Ameghino F. Enumeration synoptique des especes de mammifères fossiles des formations éocènes de Patagonie, Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba (Republica Argentina) 13, 259-452
Lydekker R. Contributions to a knowledge of the fossil vertebrates of Argentina. II. 2. The extinct edentates of Argentina, Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 3, 1-118
Ameghino F. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)], Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18 4–9, 406-521
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Croft D. A., Flynn J. J., et al (2007) A New Basal Glyptodontid and other Xenarthra of the Early Miocene Chucal Fauna, Northern Chile, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 4, 781-797 doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[781:ANBGAO]2.0.CO;2
Kramarz A. G., Vucetich M. G., et al (2010) A new mammal fauna at the top of the Gran Barranca sequence and its biochronological significance, The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia, 264-277
Shockey B. J. (2017) New Early Diverging Cingulate (Xenarthra: Peltephilidae) from the Late Oligocene of Bolivia and Considerations Regarding the Origin of Crown Xenarthra, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58 2, 371-396
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Enum. Mam. fós. Patag. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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