Priodontes Cuvier 1825 (giant armadillo)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Alternative spellings: Priodon, Priodonta, Prionodon, Prionodontes, Prionodos

Parent taxon: Priodontini according to P. Smith 2007

See also Gray 1825, McKenna and Bell 1997, Palmer 1904 and Pocock 1933

Sister taxon: Cabassous

Subtaxa: Priodontes maximus

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Ecology: semifossorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Peru (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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