Trachycalyptus

This article is about an extinct genus of Armadillos. For the plant genus, see Trachycarpus.

Trachycalyptus
Temporal range: Early Pliocene
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: †Glyptodontinae
Genus: †Trachycalyptus
Ameghino, 1908
Type species
Trachycalyptus chapalmalensis
Ameghino, 1908
Species
  • T. chapalmalensis Ameghino, 1885
  • T. cingulatus Ameghino, 1889

Trachycalyptus is a dubious extinct genus of glyptodont. It lived during the Early Pliocene, and its fossilized remains were discovered in South America.

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