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Dasypodidae

Family of mammals belonging to the armadillo order of xenarthrans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dasypodidae
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Dasypodidae, from Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús), meaning "hair", and πούς (poús), meaning "foot", is a family of mostly extinct genera of armadillos. One genus, Dasypus, is extant, with at least seven living species.

Quick facts Dasypodidae Temporal range: Early Eocene to present, Scientific classification ...
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Classification

Below is a taxonomy of armadillos in this family.

  • Family Dasypodidae
    • † Genus Acantharodeia
    • † Genus Amblytatus
    • † Genus Archaeutatus
    • † Genus Astegotherium
    • † Genus Barrancatatus
    • † Genus Chasicotatus
    • † Genus Chorobates
    • † Genus Coelutaetus
    • † Genus Eocoleophorus
    • † Genus Epipeltecoelus
    • † Genus Eutatus
    • † Genus Hemiutaetus
    • † Genus Isutaetus
    • † Genus Lumbreratherium
    • † Genus Macrochorobates
    • † Genus Mazzoniphractus
    • † Genus Meteutatus
    • † Genus Pedrolypeutes
    • † Genus Prodasypus
    • † Genus Proeutatus
    • † Genus Prostegotherium
    • † Genus Pucatherium
    • † Genus Punatherium
    • † Genus Stegotherium
    • † Genus Stenotatus
    • † Genus Utaetus
    • Subfamily Dasypodinae
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Phylogeny

Dasypodidae, like Chlamyphoridae, is a basal clade within Cinglata, as shown below. D. kappleri is basal within Dasypodidae.

Cladogram of Cingulata[1][2][3]
Cingulata
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References

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