Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Synonyms: Pachyzaedius Ameghino 1902, Pachyzaedyus Ameghino 1902
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: Dasypodidae according to G. G. Simpson 1948
See also Ameghino 1902, Carlini et al. 2010, Carroll 1988 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Amblytatus, Archaeutatus, Astegotherium, Chlamytheriinae, Dasypina, Dasypodinae, Epipeltecoelus, Euphractinae, Euphractus, Lumbreratherium, Machlydotherium, Macrochorobates, Meteutatus attonsus, Ornithoryncina, Orycteropina, Pampatheriinae, Peltephilinae, Prodasypus, Prostegotherium, Pseudostegotherium, Pucatherium, Punatherium, Stegotheriopsis, Tolypeutinae, Utaetus
Subtaxa: Pseudeutatus circundatus Pseudeutatus clypeus Pseudeutatus cuneiformis Pseudeutatus depictus
Type: Pseudeutatus clypeus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Eocene of Argentina (5)
Total: 6 collections including 9 occurrences
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