Synonym: Anicanodonta Ameghino 1889
Parent taxon: Xenarthra according to H. G. McDonald and O. Carranza-Castañeda 2017
See also Ameghino 1889, Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1906, Carroll 1988, Delsuc et al. 2001, Flower 1883, Gaudin 1995, Gaudin and Branham 1998, Gregory 1910, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, MacFadden et al. 1993, McDonald and Naples 2007, McDonald et al. 2013, McKenna 1975, McKenna and Bell 1997, Paula Couto 1956, Thurmond and Jones 1981, White and MacPhee 2001 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Adiastaltus, Anathitus, Argyromanis, Cingulata, Ernanodontidae, Hicanodonta, Myrmecophagi, Orthoarthrus, Phyllophaga, Placophori, Trematherium intermixtum, Dasypoda, Nomarthra, Entelops dispar
Subtaxa: Folivora Vermilingua
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore