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| Cochlops | |
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| Carapace ofCochlops | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cingulata |
| Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
| Subfamily: | †Glyptodontinae |
| Genus: | †Cochlops Ameghino, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Cochlops muricatus Ameghino, 1889 | |
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Cochlops is anextinctgenus ofglyptodont. It lived from the Early to MiddleMiocene, and its fossilized remains have been found inSouth America.
This animal, like all glyptodonts, had an armor formed by numerousosteoderms fused together, protecting most of its body. Its skull was characterized by a shortened rostrum, a facial profile strongly inclined towards the front, and the occipital plane was oblique. The shape of its skull prefigured that of later genera such asPanochthus. Its carapace was characterized by particularly wrinkled osteoderms, especially compared to other forms of archaic glyptodonts, such asAsterostemma andPropalaehoplophorus ; some osteoderms, especially in the pelvic area, had a particular ornamentation, with a large central conical tubercle surrounded by smaller wrinkled tubercles.
The genusCochlops was first described in 1889 byFlorentino Ameghino, based on fossil remains found in EarlyMiocene terrains ofArgentina. The type species isCochlops muricatus, and the speciesC. debilis, described in 1891 by Ameghin, is also ascribed to the genus. The genusMetopotoxus was later synonymized with the genusCochlops.
Cochlops was a basal glyptodont, belonging to the tribePropalaehoplophorini, and related to the generaPropalaehoplophorus,Asterostemma andEucinepeltus.
Modern cladistic analysis suggests that Propalaehoplophorini is a paraphyletic group. Cladogram after Barasoain et al. 2022:[1]
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