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Panochthus Temporal range: Pleistocene (Uquian-Lujanian) ~2.588–0.012 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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
Species
†P. frenzelianus Ameghino, 1889 †P. florensis Brambilla, Lopez & Parent, 2020 †P. greslebini Castellanos, 1942 †P. hipsilis Zurita et al., 2017 †P. intermedius Lydekker, 1895 †P. jaguaribensis Moreia, 1965 †P. subintermedius Castellanos, 1937 †P. tuberculatus Owen, 1845
Inferred range of the genus Panochthus based on known localities
Synonyms
Synonyms of P. tuberculatus P. lundii Burmeister, 1874 P. morenoi Ameghino, 1881 P. rusconii Castellanos, 1942 P. voghti Ameghino, 1889 Synonyms of P. greslebini P. oliveiraroxoi Castellanos, 1942 P. rochai Couto, 1954

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.

It could reach 3 metres (9.8 ft) in length and a weight up to 1,500 kilograms (3,300 lb) 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.

Gallery

• Panochthus vogti skull
• 1878 restoration of P. tuberculatus

See also

• Doedicurus

References

1. Panochthus at Fossilworks.org
2. Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo; Zamorano, Martín; Scillato-Yané, Gustavo Juan; Fidel, Sergio; Iriondo, Martín; Gillette, David D. (2017-01-16). "A new species of Panochthus Burmeister (Xenarthra, Cingulata, Glyptodontidae) from the Pleistocene of the Eastern Cordillera, Bolivia". Historical Biology. 29 (8): 1076–1088. Bibcode:2017HBio...29.1076Z. doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1278443. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 91031708.
3. Zurita, Alfredo; Zamorano, Martín; Scillato-Yané, Gustavo; Fidel, Sergio; Iriondo, Martín; Gillette, David (2017-01-16). "A new species of Panochthus Burmeister (Xenarthra, Cingulata, Glyptodontidae) from the Pleistocene of the Eastern Cordillera, Bolivia". Historical Biology. 29 (8): 1076–1088. Bibcode:2017HBio...29.1076Z. doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1278443. S2CID 91031708.
4. Zamorano, Martín; Mones, Alvaro; Scillato-Yané, Gustavo (2012-04-30). "Redescripción y designación de un neotipo de Panochthus tuberculatus (Owen) (Mammalia, Cingulata, Glyptodontidae)". Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia. 15: 113–122. doi:10.4072/rbp.2012.1.10.
5. (in Spanish) Chicosabordo
6. Zamorano, Martín (2020). "Exceptional preservation of tracheal rings in a glyptodont mammal from the Late Pleistocene of Argentina". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 65. doi:10.4202/app.00654.2019. ISSN 0567-7920.

Further reading

• Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Jayne Parsons
• Guimarães de Lima, Fábio Cunha; de Oliveira Porpino, Kleberson (2018), "Ectoparasitism and infections in the exoskeletons of large fossil cingulates", PLoS ONE, 13 (10): e0205656, Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1305656D, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0205656, PMC 6193641, PMID 30335796

External links

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