Eleutherocercus was a genus of glyptodonts that lived during the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene in South America. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Huayquerian Ituzaingó Formation (E. paranensis) and the Montehermosan Monte Hermoso Formation (E. antiquus) in Argentina.
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Further reading
- A. L. Cione, M. M. Azpelicueta, M. Bond, A. A. Carlini, J. R. Casciotta, M. A. Cozzuol, M. Fuente, Z. Gasparini, F. J. Goin, J. Noriega, G. J. Scillato-Yane, L. Soibelzon, E. P. Tonni, D. Verzi, and M. G. Vucetich. 2000. Miocene vertebrates from Entre Rios province, eastern Argentina. Serie Correlacion Geologica 14:191-237
- R. L. Tomassini, C. I. Montalvo, C.M. Deschamps and T. Manera. 2013. Biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Monte Hermoso Formation (early Pliocene) at its type locality, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 48:31-42
- R. L. Tomassini and C. I. Montalvo. 2013. Taphonomic modes on fluvial deposits of the Monte Hermoso Formation (early Pliocene), Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 369:282-294
References
Zurita, A. E.; Oliveira, E. V.; Toriño, P.; Rodriguez-Bualó, S. M. N.; Scillato-Yané, G. J.; Luna, C.; Krapovickas, J. N. (2011). "On the taxonomic status of some Glyptodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the Pleistocene of South America". Annales de Paléontologie. 97 (1–2): 63–83. Bibcode:2011AnPal..97...63Z. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2011.07.003. hdl:11336/43130. /wiki/Bibcode_(identifier) ↩
Paraná, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingó Fm. at Fossilworks.org https://web.archive.org/web/20230405000838/http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&taxon_no=43574&max_interval=Miocene&country=Argentina&is_real_user=1&basic=yes&type=view&match_subgenera=1 ↩
Farola at Fossilworks.org https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=152062 ↩