Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Synonym: Acantharodeia Rovereto 1914
Parent taxon: Dasypidae according to C. Rovereto 1914
See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Urrutia et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Amblytatus, Archaeutatus, Astegotherium, Chlamytheriinae, Dasypina, Dasypodinae, Epipeltecoelus, Euphractinae, Euphractus, Lumbreratherium, Machlydotherium, Meteutatus attonsus, Ornithoryncina, Orycteropina, Pampatheriinae, Peltephilinae, Prodasypus, Prostegotherium, Pseudeutatus, Pseudostegotherium, Pucatherium, Punatherium, Stegotheriopsis, Tolypeutinae, Utaetus
Subtaxa: Acantharodeia spicata Macrochorobates chapadmalensis Macrochorobates scalabrinii
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (12 collections)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (19)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (5)
Total: 37 collections including 38 occurrences
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