Glyptodontidae Gray, 1869

Verger, Kévin Le, 2023, Xenarthrans of the collection of Santiago Roth from the Pampean Region of Argentina (Pleistocene), in Zurich, Switzerland, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (3) 142 (1), pp. 1-39 : 14

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-023-00265-7
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/96755D53-0729-FFB6-733A-FE89FB211A3E
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Glyptodontidae Gray, 1869
status

Treatment

Indet.

Referred material: Caudal tube fragment: PIMUZ A/ V 473; part of the vertebral column: PIMUZ A/ V 5154.

Comment: I refer here to Glyptodontidae specimen PIMUZ A/V 473 and PIMUZ A/V 5154, too altered to propose a ‘subfamily’ level assignment. PIMUZ A/V 5154 shows some osteoderms without any figures or tubercles associated with the vertebrae. Tis indicates an assignment to the Cingulata but the size of the column suggests a large specimen not suitable for large Eutatini and Pampatheriinae armadillos. I therefore propose to list this specimen as an undetermined glyptodont. For PIMUZ A/V 473, I encounter the same problem with the difference that it corresponds to a caudal tube which necessarily implies a belonging to one of the ‘subfamilies’ of glyptodonts except for Glyptodontinae, for which the caudal tube does not exist and leaves place to a caudal armor ( Fernicola & Porpino, 2012).