Panochthus | |
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P. frenzelianus | |
Skeleton and shell of Panochthus tuberculatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Cingulata |
Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
Subfamily: | † Glyptodontinae |
Genus: | †
Panochthus Burmeister, 1866 |
Type species | |
†Panochthus tuberculatus
Owen, 1845
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Species | |
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Inferred range of the genus Panochthus based on known localities | |
Synonyms | |
Synonyms of P. tuberculatus
Synonyms of P. greslebini
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Panochthus is an extinct genus of glyptodont, which lived in the Gran Chaco- Pampean region of Argentina ( Lujan, Yupoí and Agua Blanca Formations), Brazil ( Jandaíra Formation), Bolivia ( Tarija and Ñuapua Formations), Paraguay and Uruguay ( Sopas and Dolores Formations) during the Pleistocene epoch. [1] [2] [3] [4]
It could reach 3 metres (9.8 ft) in length and a weight up to 1,500 kilograms (3,300 lb) [5] the upper skull and the body were protected by hemispherical armor composed of hundreds of rounded scales. The tail, short and wedge-shaped, consisted of small bony bands with small spikes used for defense. Preserved tracheal rings are known from one specimen. [6]