Glyptodontidae

Searched as Glyptodon. The Paleobiology Database treats Glyptodontidae as the accepted name.

Glyptodon is a genus of glyptodont, an extinct group of large, herbivorous armadillos that lived from the Pliocene, around 3.2 million years ago, to the early Holocene, around 11,000 years ago, in South America. It is one of, if not the, best-known genera of glyptodont. Glyptodon has a long and storied past, being the first named extinct cingulate and the type genus of the subfamily Glyptodontinae. Fossils of Glyptodon have been recorded as early as 1814 from Pleistocene aged deposits from Uruguay, though many were incorrectly referred to the ground sloth Megatherium by early paleontologists.

Glyptodontidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
glyptodonPBDB
Sits inside
GlyptodontoideaPBDB
Diet
omnivorePBDB, for Xenarthra
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Xenarthra
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria
Length
3.3 mWikidata
Mass
2 tonneWikidata

Time the record covers

At least 28 million years on record.

The record covers at least 29 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 36 Mya to 0 Mya.

Eocene — about 0 of 561 occurrencesOligocene — about 6 of 561 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 80 of 561 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 91 of 561 occurrencesPleistocene — about 377 of 561 occurrences37–35 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences35–34 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences34–33 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences26–24 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 1 occurrence20–18 Mya — about 2 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 2 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 2 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 2 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 6 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 16 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 17 occurrences11–9.8 Mya — about 4 occurrences9.8–8.6 Mya — about 6 occurrences8.6–7.3 Mya — about 7 occurrences7.3–6.1 Mya — about 9 occurrences6.1–4.9 Mya — about 12 occurrences4.9–3.7 Mya — about 46 occurrences3.7–2.4 Mya — about 45 occurrences2.4–1.2 Mya — about 64 occurrences1.2–0 Mya — about 312 occurrences29 Mya11.7 ka36.7 Mya0 Mya

561 occurrences of Glyptodontidae 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

561 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

99 formations

Lujan — 36.78°S, 59.87°WLujan — 38.57°S, 58.70°WLujan — 34.60°S, 59.15°WLujan — 34.64°S, 59.30°WMonte Hermoso — 38.99°S, 61.67°WVillavieja — 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°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 — 32.07°S, 60.55°WSalto Ander Egg — 31.03°S, 60.50°WSalto Ander Egg — 32.28°S, 60.37°WSalto Ander Egg — 32.13°S, 60.07°WIrene — 38.60°S, 60.61°WIrene — 38.84°S, 60.53°WIrene — 38.54°S, 60.61°WTouro Passo — 30.40°S, 56.49°WTouro Passo — 30.75°S, 53.75°WTouro Passo — 29.67°S, 56.87°WSolimões — 8.88°S, 72.78°WSolimões — 8.98°S, 72.71°WSolimões — 9.00°S, 72.76°WSolimões — 9.35°S, 72.71°WSolimões — 9.39°S, 72.70°WSolimões — 6.50°S, 69.67°WSopas — 30.43°S, 56.45°WSopas — 32.05°S, 56.12°WSopas — 31.25°S, 57.00°WUquía — 23.33°S, 65.33°WChapadmalal — 37.98°S, 57.59°WChapadmalal — 38.12°S, 57.70°WChapadmalal — 38.23°S, 57.75°WChapadmalal — 38.17°S, 57.63°WCerro Azul — 35.69°S, 64.67°WCerro Azul — 37.37°S, 65.47°WCerro Azul — 37.22°S, 63.59°WCerro Azul — 37.10°S, 62.79°WCerro Azul — 37.14°S, 65.77°WTarija — 21.53°S, 64.73°WTarija — 21.50°S, 64.75°WNuapua — 20.75°S, 63.07°WNuapua — 20.87°S, 63.07°WSuelo — 28.60°S, 59.03°WArroyo Chasicó — 38.62°S, 62.98°WArroyo Chasicó — 38.53°S, 62.98°WIpururo — 10.63°S, 73.92°WIpururo — 10.40°S, 73.52°WIpururo — 10.45°S, 73.55°WSarmiento — 45.67°S, 68.71°WSarmiento — 44.50°S, 66.00°WSarmiento — 44.59°S, 69.10°WMiramar — 38.17°S, 57.65°WMiramar — 37.98°S, 57.59°WTucuman — 27.42°S, 65.69°WTucuman — 27.06°S, 64.92°WTucuman — 26.73°S, 65.27°WSt. David — 32.00°N, 110.20°WCamp Rice — 32.00°N, 106.70°WCamp Rice — 31.50°N, 105.20°WCamp Rice — 32.65°N, 107.23°WItuzaingo — 31.48°S, 60.23°W

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The named rock units Glyptodontidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 75 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 263 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Glyptodontidae and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Glyptodontidae and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

1,738 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 366 sites for Glyptodontidae, 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

248 references

Each of the 561 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. 236 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 content3

Picture of Glyptodontidae

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Structured light scan

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Specimen
Glyptodon munizi · NHMD:VP:ZMK 69/1885

3D model

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The description on this site

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Burmeister 1879)