Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Parent taxon: Dasypodidae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lydekker 1894, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rincón et al. 2008, Shockey et al. 2009 and Zurita et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Amblytatus, Archaeutatus, Astegotherium, Chlamytheriinae, Dasypina, Epipeltecoelus, Euphractinae, Euphractus, Lumbreratherium, Machlydotherium, Macrochorobates, Meteutatus attonsus, Ornithoryncina, Orycteropina, Pampatheriinae, Peltephilinae, Prodasypus, Prostegotherium, Pseudeutatus, Pseudostegotherium, Pucatherium, Punatherium, Stegotheriopsis, Tolypeutinae, Utaetus
Subtaxa: Astegotheriini Dasypodini Tomiopsis
Type: Dasypus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (13 collections), Bolivia (5), Brazil (21), Colombia (1), Ecuador (2), Guatemala (2), Panama (1), Peru (1), United States (62: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Uruguay (5), Venezuela (3)
• Blancan of United States (6: Florida, Nebraska)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1), Venezuela (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (2)
• Miocene of Argentina (2), Brazil (1), Colombia (9), Ecuador (1), Peru (1)
• Deseadan of Peru (1)
• Oligocene of Peru (3)
• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (5), Brazil (2), Peru (1)
Total: 154 collections including 181 occurrences