Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Parent taxon: Dasypodidae according to A. D. Rincón et al. 2008
See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Smith 2007, Smith 2011 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Amblytatus, Archaeutatus, Astegotherium, Chlamytheriinae, Dasypina, Dasypodinae, Epipeltecoelus, Euphractinae, Euphractus, Lumbreratherium, Machlydotherium, Macrochorobates, Meteutatus attonsus, Ornithoryncina, Orycteropina, Pampatheriinae, Peltephilinae, Prodasypus, Prostegotherium, Pseudeutatus, Pseudostegotherium, Pucatherium, Punatherium, Stegotheriopsis, Utaetus
Subtaxa: Kuntinaru Priodontini Tolypeutes Tolypeutini Vetelia
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (16 collections), Bolivia (2), Brazil (5), Panama (1), Peru (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (10)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (8), Colombia (6), Peru (1)
• Deseadan of Bolivia (2)
• Oligocene of Peru (2)
Total: 56 collections each including a single occurrence