Urotherium

Urotherium
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Late Pliocene
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: †Glyptodontinae
Genus: †Urotherium
Castellanos, 1926
Type species
Urotherium simplex
Castellanos, 1926
Species
  • U. interundatum Ameghino, 1885
  • U. simile Castellanos, 1948
  • U. simplex Castellanos, 1926
Synonyms
  • Palaehoplophorus chapalmalensis Ameghino, 1908

Urotherium is a dubious extinct genus of Glyptodont. It lived from the Late Miocene to the Late Pliocene, and its fossilized remains were found in South America.

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