Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
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: Euphractini according to E. Soibelzon et al. 2010
See also Ameghino 1889, Carroll 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Anutaetus, Chaetophractus, Chorobates, Eodasypus, Hemiutaetus, Holozaedyus, Isutaetus, Macroeuphractus, Mazzoniphractus, Neophractus, Paleuphractus, Paraeuphractus, Parutaetus, Proeuphractus
Subtaxa: Zaedyus chapalmalensis Zaedyus minimus Zaedyus minutus Zaedyus pichiy
Type: Dasypus minutus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (12 collections), Bolivia (2)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (6)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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