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Description
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Taxonomy
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Paleoecology
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Biology
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Overview
- Genus
- Armadillos Armadillo
- Late Miocene
- Late Pliocene Pliocene
- South America
- Pampathere
- Glyptodont
- Carnivory
- Xenarthrans Xenarthra
Taxonomy
- Tertiary Tertiary period
- Neogene
- Florentino Florentino Ameghino
- Carlos Ameghino
- Francisco Pascasio Moreno Francisco Moreno
- Museo de La Plata La Plata Museum
- Cenozoic
- Patagonia
- Osteoderms Osteoderm
- Dorsoventrally
- Ituzaingó Ituzaingó Formation
- Monte Hermoso
- Cerro Azul Formations Cerro Azul Formation
- Entre Ríos Entre Ríos Province
- Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Province
- La Pampa Provinces La Pampa Province
- Epecuén Formation
- Catamarca Catamarca Province
- Tucumán Provinces Tucumán Province
Description
- Type species
- Late Pliocene
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- Skull
- Postcranial Postcranium
- Ventral Anatomical terms of location
- Snout
- Premaxillae Premaxilla
- Dental formula
- Teeth Tooth
- Macrochorobates
- Euphractus Six-banded armadillo
- Canine Canine tooth
- Diastema
- Molariforms Molariform
- Maxilla
- Posteriorly
- Nasal bones Nasal bone
- Rostrum Rostrum (anatomy)
- Nasal aperture Anterior nasal aperture
- Zygomatic process
- Olfactory bulbs Olfactory bulb
- Orbit
- Sagittal crest
- External auditory meatus Ear canal
- Foramen magnum
- Occipital bone
- Spinal cord
- Mandible
Classification
- Euphractines Euphractine
- Euphractus
- Paleuphractus Paleuphractus?action=edit&redlink=1
- Doellotatus Doellotatus?action=edit&redlink=1
- Proeuphractus
- Phylogenetic analysis Phylogenetics
Biology
- Hypercarnivory
- Fossorial
- Caviomorph
- Notoungulates Notoungulate
- Argyrolagoidean Argyrolagoidea?action=edit&redlink=1
- Paucituberculates Paucituberculate
- Apex predator
Paleoecology
- Sparassodonts Sparassodont
- Phorusrhacids Phorusrhacid
- Sebecids Sebecid
- Carnivorans Carnivora
- Pleistocene
- Opossums
- Thylophorops
- Thylacosmilus
- Llallawavis
- Omnivore
- Niche partitioning
- Great American Biotic Interchange Great American Interchange
- Canids Canidae
- Felids Felidae
- Ursids
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Nodes104
Edges103
Triples56
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019231
Components1
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Macroeuphractus
Top relations
related to Paleoecology · 19
Macroeuphractus → Afroeurasia, Although, Argentina, Both, Furthermore, Great American Biotic Interchange, Late Pliocene, Llallawavis, Macrochorobates, Miocene, Nonetheless, North American, Overall, Pleistocene, Pliocene, South America, The, Thylacosmilus, Thylophorops
related to Description · 13
Macroeuphractus → Argentina, At, Buenos Aires, Euphractus, In, It, Late Pliocene, Macrochorobates, The, These, This, Unlike, Unlike Dasypus
related to Classification · 11
Macroeuphractus → Argentine, As, Daniel Barasoain, Doellotatus, Euphractinae, Euphractus, In, Macrochorobates, Paleuphractus, Proeuphractus, The
related to Biology · 2
Macroeuphractus → M2, Modern
is a · 1
Macroeuphractus → genus of extinct armadillos from the Late Miocene to Late Pliocene of South America
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Important terminology
macrochorobates skull genus osteoderms armadillos large teeth euphractines dorsal moreni outesi argentina anterior species carapace late pliocene retusus xenarthrans two
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macroeuphractus | is a | genus of extinct armadillos from the Late Miocene to Late Pliocene of South America | 0.90 | text |
| caviomorph rodents | instance of | and it probably could dig out small and medium-sized mammals | 0.80 | text |
| small notoungulates | instance of | and it probably could dig out small and medium-sized mammals | 0.80 | text |
| argyrolagoidean paucituberculates | instance of | and it probably could dig out small and medium-sized mammals | 0.80 | text |
| Thylophorops | instance of | alongside giant opossums | 0.80 | text |
| Thylacosmilus | instance of | Macroeuphractus still co-existed with late surviving sparassodonts | 0.80 | text |
| phorusrhacids like Llallawavis.Macroeuphractus lived alongside Macrochorobates | instance of | Macroeuphractus still co-existed with late surviving sparassodonts | 0.80 | text |
| another genus of medium-large carnivorous euphractine | instance of | Macroeuphractus still co-existed with late surviving sparassodonts | 0.80 | text |
| canids | instance of | The arrival of carnivores from Afroeurasia | 0.80 | text |
| felids | instance of | The arrival of carnivores from Afroeurasia | 0.80 | text |
| and ursids may have stopped the development of canivorous armadillos | instance of | The arrival of carnivores from Afroeurasia | 0.80 | text |
| Macroeuphractus | related to Biology | Modern | 0.60 | section |
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