Glyptodontinae

Glyptodonts are an extinct clade of large, heavily armored armadillos, reaching up to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in height, and maximum body masses of around 2 tonnes. They had short, deep skulls, a fused vertebral column, and a large bony carapace made up of hundreds of individual scutes. Some glyptodonts had clubbed tails, similar to ankylosaurid dinosaurs.

Glyptodontinae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
GlyptodontidaePBDB
Diet
omnivorePBDB, for Xenarthra
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Xenarthra
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 23 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 27.3 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 1 of 350 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 39 of 350 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 33 of 350 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 275 of 350 occurrencesPleistocene28–27 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences19–19 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 9 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 10 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 10 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 2 occurrences10–9.3 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences9.3–8.4 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences8.4–7.4 Mya — about 1 occurrence7.4–6.5 Mya — about 1 occurrence6.5–5.6 Mya — about 1 occurrence5.6–4.6 Mya — about 2 occurrences4.6–3.7 Mya — about 10 occurrences3.7–2.8 Mya — about 18 occurrences2.8–1.9 Mya — about 28 occurrences1.9–928 ka Mya — about 39 occurrences928 ka–0 Mya — about 214 occurrences23.04 Mya11.7 ka27.8 Mya0 Mya

350 occurrences of Glyptodontinae on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

350 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

63 formations

Villavieja — 3.23°N, 75.18°WVillavieja — 3.28°N, 75.18°WVillavieja — 3.22°N, 75.14°WLa Victoria — 3.30°N, 75.15°WLa Victoria — 3.25°N, 75.13°WLa Victoria — 3.20°N, 75.20°WLa Victoria — 3.39°N, 75.16°WLujan — 36.78°S, 59.87°WLujan — 38.57°S, 58.70°WLujan — 34.60°S, 59.15°WLujan — 34.64°S, 59.30°WDolores — 34.42°S, 56.26°WDolores — 34.38°S, 57.88°WDolores — 34.46°S, 57.83°WDolores — 34.27°S, 55.99°WDolores — 34.44°S, 57.20°WSalto Ander Egg — 32.12°S, 60.43°WSalto Ander Egg — 31.03°S, 60.50°WSalto Ander Egg — 32.08°S, 60.53°WSalto Ander Egg — 32.28°S, 60.37°WTouro Passo — 30.75°S, 53.75°WTouro Passo — 29.67°S, 56.87°WSt. David — 32.00°N, 110.20°WTarija — 21.53°S, 64.73°WTarija — 21.50°S, 64.75°WSopas — 30.43°S, 56.45°WSopas — 32.05°S, 56.12°WSopas — 31.25°S, 57.00°WUquía — 23.33°S, 65.33°WTucuman — 27.42°S, 65.69°WTucuman — 27.06°S, 64.92°WTucuman — 26.73°S, 65.27°WTamiami — 27.30°N, 81.30°WTamiami — 27.30°N, 80.80°WTamiami — 27.78°N, 82.68°WCamp Rice — 31.50°N, 105.20°WCamp Rice — 32.65°N, 107.23°WRancho Viejo Beds — 21.03°N, 100.75°WRancho Viejo Beds — 21.10°N, 100.80°WNuapua — 20.75°S, 63.07°WNuapua — 20.87°S, 63.07°WChapadmalal — 37.98°S, 57.59°WChapadmalal — 38.12°S, 57.70°WIpururo — 10.63°S, 73.92°WIpururo — 10.40°S, 73.52°WIpururo — 10.45°S, 73.55°WMiramar — 38.17°S, 57.65°WMiramar — 37.98°S, 57.59°WSanta Vitória — 33.74°S, 53.37°WGila Conglomerate — 32.58°N, 109.48°WGila Conglomerate — 32.70°N, 109.00°WBlanco — 33.82°N, 101.20°WBlanco — 33.70°N, 101.10°WLove — 31.50°N, 105.20°WSierra Ladrones — 35.70°N, 107.00°WSierra Ladrones — 35.10°N, 106.80°WSeymour — 33.80°N, 99.70°WSeymour — 33.75°N, 99.50°W

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The named rock units Glyptodontinae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 39 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 193 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Glyptodontinae and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Glyptodontinae and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

1,409 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 262 sites for Glyptodontinae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

174 references

Each of the 350 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 162 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Glyptodontinae

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Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Glyptodontinae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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