Lomaphorus

Lomaphorus
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Lujanian)
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Lomaphorus imperfectus caudal tube
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: †Glyptodontinae
Genus: †Lomaphorus
Ameghino, 1889
Type species
†Hoplophorus imperfectus
Gervais and Ameghino, 1880
Other Species
  • L. chapalmalensis Ameghino, 1908
  • L. cingulatus Ameghino, 1889
  • L. compressus Ameghino, 1882
  • L. elegans (Burmeister, 1871)
  • L. elevatus (Nodot, 1857)
Synonyms
Synonyms of L. imperfectus
  • Hoplophorus imperfectus Gervais and Ameghino, 1880
Synonyms of L. elegans
  • Hoplophorus elegans Burmeister, 1871
Synonyms of L. elevatus
  • Glyptodon elevatus Nodot, 1857

Lomaphorus is a possibly dubious extinct genus of glyptodont that lived during the Pleistocene in eastern Argentina. Although many species have been referred, the genus itself is possibly dubious or synonymous with other glyptodonts like Neoslerocalyptus from the same region.

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