†subfamily Doedicurinae Ameghino 1889 (glyptodon)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae

Alternative spelling: Doedicuridae

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: Glyptodontidae according to E. Soibelzon et al. 2010

See also Ameghino 1889, Brown 1912, Fernicola 2008 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Ecinepeltus, Glyptatelinae, Glyptodontinae, Hoplophorinae, Kelenkura, Panochthus, Paraeucinepeltus, Parapropalaehoplophorus, Plohophorinae, Sclerocalyptinae

Subtaxa: Daedicuroides Eleutherocercus Plaxhaplus

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (3 collections)

• Pliocene of Argentina (14)

• Huayquerian of Argentina (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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