Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Parent taxon: Dasypodidae according to A. D. Rincón et al. 2008
See also Croft et al. 2007, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Amblytatus, Archaeutatus, Astegotherium, Chlamytheriinae, Dasypina, Dasypodinae, Epipeltecoelus, Euphractus, Lumbreratherium, Machlydotherium, Macrochorobates, Meteutatus attonsus, Ornithoryncina, Orycteropina, Pampatheriinae, Peltephilinae, Prodasypus, Prostegotherium, Pseudeutatus, Pseudostegotherium, Pucatherium, Punatherium, Stegotheriopsis, Tolypeutinae, Utaetus
Subtaxa: Chlamyphorini Coelutaetus Dasypodon Euphractini Eutatini Utaetini
Type: Euphractini
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (33 collections), Bolivia (3), Uruguay (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (36), Bolivia (3)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (39), Bolivia (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (2)
• Miocene of Argentina (17), Bolivia (3), Chile (1), Uruguay (2)
• Deseadan of Argentina (8), Uruguay (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (8), Chile (1)
• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (10), Brazil (1)
Total: 171 collections including 390 occurrences