Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Notices préliminaires sur des mammifères nouveaux des terrains Crétacé de Patagonie {preliminary notes on new mammals from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:5-70
Parent taxon: Dasypidae according to F. Ameghino 1902
See also Carlini et al. 2010 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Amblytatus, Astegotherium, Chlamytheriinae, Dasypina, Dasypodinae, Epipeltecoelus, Euphractinae, Euphractus, Lumbreratherium, Machlydotherium, Macrochorobates, Meteutatus attonsus, Ornithoryncina, Orycteropina, Pampatheriinae, Peltephilinae, Prodasypus, Prostegotherium, Pseudeutatus, Pseudostegotherium, Pucatherium, Punatherium, Stegotheriopsis, Tolypeutinae, Utaetus
Subtaxa: Archaeutatus malaspinensis
Type: Archaeutatus malaspinensis
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (2 collections)
• Oligocene of Argentina (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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