Plaxhaplous
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| Plaxhaplous Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Plaxhaplous
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P. canaliculatus
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| Plaxhaplous canaliculatus Ameghino, 1884
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Plaxhaplous was a genus of glyptodont, an extinct relative of the modern armadillo. It lived in the Pleistocene epoch.[1] The type species is Plaxhaplous canaliculatus.[2] Plaxhaplous canaliculatus fossils were found in Argentina, near Luján in Buenos Aires Province.[2] Plaxhaplous fossils have also been found in Uruguay.[1] The name Plaxhaplous means simple, flat surface.[2]
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