Alternative spelling: Hicanodontia
Synonym: Loricata
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027
Parent taxon: Xenarthra according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Ameghino 1885, Ameghino 1889, Ameghino 1894, Carroll 1988, Flower 1883, Gregory 1910 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Adiastaltus, Anathitus, Argyromanis, Cingulata, Ernanodontidae, Myrmecophagi, Orthoarthrus, Phyllophaga, Pilosa, Placophori, Nomarthra, Dasypoda, Entelops dispar, Trematherium intermixtum
Subtaxa: Mesodontia
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore