Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Synonyms: Praopus Burmeister 1854, Tatu, Tatusia Cuvier 1827
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Dasypodini according to A. Alfonso-Rojas et al. 2021
See also Ameghino 1889, Ameghino 1902, Carroll 1988, Downing and White 1995, Gray 1825, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Linnaeus 1758, Lydekker 1894, McDonald and Naples 2007, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rincón et al. 2008, Rovereto 1914 and Thomas 1911
Sister taxa: Anadasypus, Plesiodasypus, Pliodasypus, Propraopus
Subtaxa: Dasypus (Cryptophractus) Dasypus (Dasypus) Dasypus (Hyperoambon) Dasypus argentinus Dasypus bellus Dasypus hesternus Dasypus laevisculptus Dasypus longicaudatus Dasypus moreni Dasypus neogaeus Dasypus patagonicus Dasypus peba Dasypus platensis Dasypus proximus Dasypus scalabrini Dasypus tarijensis Dasypus villosus
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Bolivia (5), Brazil (13), Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Guatemala (2), Panama (1), Peru (1), United States (62: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (2)
• Blancan of United States (6: Florida, Nebraska)
• Montehermosan of Argentina (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (2)
Total: 100 collections including 104 occurrences
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