Late Pliocene to Early and Middle Pleistocene Glyptodonts (Cingulata, Glyptodontidae) from Central Argentina shed light on their diversity, biostratigraphy and unexpected evolutionary implications

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The main data involves some specimens of glyptodonts (Xenarthra) from Córdoba and Buenos Aires provinces. These specimens are located at several paleontological collections of Argentina and are available to be studied by anyone. The main hypothesis of this work is that the diversity of early and middle Pleistocene of southern South America is overrated.

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We performed an anatomical comparative analysis of the studied Glyptodon specimens to infer their taxonomic and nomenclatural status. On the other hand, we carried out a detailed revision of the geological and stratigraphic context from which the specimens come from.

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• Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

  Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación

  Buenos Aires

  Grant ID: PI Q002/25 (SGCyT-UNNE) and ITA 1 PICT-2021-I-INVI-00755.

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