Glyptodon munizi Ameghino (Mammalia, Cingulata, Glyptodontidae): redescripción y anatomía
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Resumen. Se dan a conocer nuevos registros de Glyptodon munizi Ameghino (Cingulata, Glyptodontinae), del Ensenadense de la región Pampeana, especie hasta el momento sólo conocida sobre la base de restos parciales de la coraza dorsal. Los nuevos hallazgos permitieron confirmar la validez de la especie y aportar una nueva y más completa diagnosis y descripción. Difiere de las especies lujanenses por: a) el mayor tamaño general; b) un mayor alargamiento del cráneo y estrechamiento de la región comprendida entre las apófisis postorbitarias y la cresta supraoccipital; y, c) el primer molariforme de conformación más primitiva. También se verificó la presencia de un plastrón ventral y de un gran número de osteodermos faciales, ambas estructuras halladas en uno de los ejemplares. Estratigráficamente, esta especie está limitada al Ensenadense (Plioceno tardío- Pleistoceno medio), en tanto que geográficamente todos los registros están restringidos al área de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Abstract. GLYPTODON MUNIZI AMEGHINO (MAMMALIA, CINGULATA, GYPTODONTIDAE): REDESCRIPTION AND ANATOMY.New records of Glyptodon munizi Ameghino (a taxon up to now only known by partial remains of the dorsal carapace) are reported. In this sense, these new findings allow us to sustain the validity of this species and to give a more precise and comprehensive diagnosis and description. The main differences with the Lujanian species of the genus Glyptodon are: a) a bigger size; b) an elongated skull with a remarkably narrowing between the postorbital process of yugal and the supraoccipital crest, c) first molariform with a primitive shape, without a marked lobulation. In addition, a ventral plastron and a high number of facial osteodermes, are described for the first time. This taxon is limited to the Ensenadan Stage (Late Pliocene-Middle Pleistocene), while from a palaeozoogeographic point of view, all the reports are restricted to the Buenos Aires Province.Downloads
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