Cochlops

Cochlops
Temporal range: Early-Middle Miocene
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Carapace of Cochlops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: Glyptodontinae
Genus: Cochlops
Ameghino, 1889
Type species
Cochlops muricatus
Ameghino, 1889
Species
  • C. debilis Ameghino, 1891
  • C. muricatus Ameghino, 1889
Synonyms

Cochlops is an extinct genus of glyptodont. It lived from the Early to Middle Miocene, and its fossilized remains have been found in South America.