†Propraopus Ameghino 1881 (armadillo)
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Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Synonym: Pontotatus Ameghino 1908
Parent taxon: Dasypodini according to A. Alfonso-Rojas et al. 2021
See also Ameghino 1889, Carroll 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rincón et al. 2008, Rovereto 1914, Salles et al. 2006 and Zurita et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Anadasypus, Dasypus, Plesiodasypus, Pliodasypus
Subtaxa: Pontotatus chapalmalensis Propraopus magnus Propraopus punctatus Propraopus sulcatus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (12 collections), Bolivia (4), Brazil (13), Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Uruguay (5), Venezuela (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (1)
Total: 39 collections including 41 occurrences
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