Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1894. Contributions to a knowledge of the fossil vertebrates of Argentina. II. 2. The extinct edentates of Argentina. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 3:1-118
Parent taxon: Dasypodidae according to R. Lydekker 1894
Sister taxa: Amblytatus, Archaeutatus, Astegotherium, Chlamytheriinae, Dasypina, Dasypodinae, Epipeltecoelus, Euphractinae, Euphractus, Lumbreratherium, Machlydotherium, Macrochorobates, Meteutatus attonsus, Ornithoryncina, Orycteropina, Pampatheriinae, Prodasypus, Prostegotherium, Pseudeutatus, Pseudostegotherium, Pucatherium, Punatherium, Stegotheriopsis, Tolypeutinae, Utaetus
Subtaxa: none
Type: Peltephilus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution: found only at Arroyo Chasicó (Miocene of Argentina)