Stegosimpsonia Vizcaino 1994 (armadillo)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Full reference: S. F. Vizcaino. 1994. Systematica y anatomia de los Astegotheriini Ameghino, 1906 (nuevo rango) (Xenarthra, Dasypodidae, Dasypodinae). Ameghiniana 31(1):3-13

Parent taxon: Astegotheriini according to A. A. Carlini et al. 2010

See also McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Nanoastegotherium, Parastegosimpsonia, Riostegotherium

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Argentina (4 collections), Peru (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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