†tribe Astegotheriini Ameghino 1906 (armadillo)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Alternative spelling: Astegotheriidae

Parent taxon: Dasypodinae according to S. Vizcaíno 1994

See also Carlini et al. 2010 and Rincón et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Dasypodini, Tomiopsis

Subtaxa: Nanoastegotherium Parastegosimpsonia Riostegotherium Stegosimpsonia

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Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), Colombia (3)

• Oligocene of Peru (3)

• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (5), Brazil (2), Peru (1)

Total: 16 collections including 20 occurrences

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