Coelutaetus Ameghino 1902 (armadillo)

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

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Type: Coelutaetus cribellatus

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution: found only at Río Chico (Eocene of Argentina)

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