Phlyctaenopyga

Phlyctaenopyga
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: †Glyptodontinae
Genus: †Phlyctaenopyga
Cabrera, 1944
Type species
Phlyctaenopyga ameghini
Moreno, 1882
Species
  • P. ameghini Moreno 1882
  • P. trouessarti Moreno 1888
Synonyms
  • Hoplophorus philippii Moreno & Mercerat 1891
  • Neuryurus compressidens Moreno & Mercerat 1891

Phlyctaenopyga is an extinct genus of glyptodont. It lived from the Late Miocene to the Early Pliocene, and its fossilized remains were discovered in South America.

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