Eleutherocercus
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| Eleutherocercus setifer tail armour at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
| Genus: | †Eleutherocercus Koken, 1888 |
| Type species | |
| †Eleutherocercus setifer Koken, 1888 | |
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Eleutherocercus was a genus of glyptodonts that lived during the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene in South America. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Huayquerian Ituzaingó Formation (E. paranensis) and the Montehermosan Monte Hermoso Formation (E. antiquus) in Argentina.
Phylogeny
Below are the results of a phylogenetic analysis conducted by Zurita et al., 2016 showing the position of Eleutherocercus in relation to other glyptodontines:
References
- ↑ Zurita, Alfredo E.; Oliveira, E. V.; Toriño, P.; Rodriguez-Bualó, S. M. N.; Scillato-Yané, G. J.; Luna, C.; Krapovickas, J. N. (2011). "On the taxonomic status of some Glyptodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the Pleistocene of South America". Annales de Paléontologie. 97 (1–2): 63–83. Bibcode:2011AnPal..97...63Z. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2011.07.003. hdl:11336/43130.
- ↑ Paraná, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingó Fm. at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Farola at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Zurita, Alfredo E.; Taglioretti, Matías; Reyes, Martín de los; Oliva, Cristian; Scaglia, Fernando (2 April 2016). "First Neogene skulls of Doedicurinae (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae): morphology and phylogenetic implications". Historical Biology. 28 (3): 423–432. doi:10.1080/08912963.2014.969254. hdl:11336/25560. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 18 October 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
Further reading
- A. L. Cione, M. M. Azpelicueta, M. Bond, A. A. Carlini, J. R. Casciotta, M. A. Cozzuol, M. Fuente, Z. Gasparini, F. J. Goin, J. Noriega, G. J. Scillato-Yane, L. Soibelzon, E. P. Tonni, D. Verzi, and M. G. Vucetich. 2000. Miocene vertebrates from Entre Rios province, eastern Argentina. Serie Correlacion Geologica 14:191-237
- R. L. Tomassini, C. I. Montalvo, C.M. Deschamps and T. Manera. 2013. Biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Monte Hermoso Formation (early Pliocene) at its type locality, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 48:31-42
- R. L. Tomassini and C. I. Montalvo. 2013. Taphonomic modes on fluvial deposits of the Monte Hermoso Formation (early Pliocene), Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 369:282-294
