†Coelutaetus Ameghino 1902 (armadillo)
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Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Notices préliminaires sur des mammifères nouveaux des terrains Crétacé de Patagonie {preliminary notes on new mammals from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:5-70
Parent taxon: Euphractinae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
See also Ameghino 1902, Carroll 1988 and Simpson 1948
Sister taxa: Chlamyphorini, Dasypodon, Euphractini, Eutatini, Utaetini
Subtaxa: Coelutaetus cribellatus
Type: Coelutaetus cribellatus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution: found only at Río Chico (Eocene of Argentina)
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