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Dasypodidae
Family of mammals belonging to the armadillo order of xenarthrans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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
- † Tribe Astegotheriini
- † Genus Nanoastegotherium
- † Genus Parastegosimpsonia
- † Genus Riostegotherium
- † Genus Astegotherium
- † Genus Stegosimpsonia
- Tribe Dasypodini
- † Genus Anadasypus
- Genus Dasypus
- † Genus Pliodasypus
- † Genus Propraopus
- † Tribe Astegotheriini
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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] |
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References
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