Epipeltephilus Ameghino 1904

González-Ruiz, Laureano R., Scillato-Yané, Gustavo J., Krmpotic, Cecilia M. & Carlini, Alfredo A., 2012, A new species of Peltephilidae (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Cingulata) from the late Miocene (Chasicoan SALMA) of Argentina, Zootaxa 3359, pp. 55-64 : 57

Epipeltephilus Ameghino 1904

Type specie. Epipeltephilus recurvus Ameghino 1904 .

Included species. The type species and the species described below.

Diagnosis (emended from Ameghino, 1904 and González, 2010a). Skull larger and posteriorly wider and shallower than Peltephilus and Parapeltecoelus , and with the temporal and parietals extended laterally. Sagittal and occipital crests less developed than Peltephilus . The mandibular ramus is larger than that of Peltephilus and with vertically implanted molariforms, which are anteriorly inclined in Peltephilus . The upper molariforms (as well the lower in Peltephilus ) are sub-elliptical, whereas they are prismatic-triangular in Peltephilus and Parapeltecoelus . The last upper molariform is similar in shape to other of the same series unlike Peltephilus and Parapeltecoelus which have very small last molariforms. The osteoderms of the dorsal carapace of Epipeltephilus are rougher and with more elevated and developed crests than Peltecoelus and Peltephilus .