Meteutatus lucidus Ameghino 1902 (armadillo)

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

Belongs to Meteutatus according to F. Ameghino 1902

Sister taxa: Meteutatus anthinus, Meteutatus concavus, Meteutatus lagenaformis, Meteutatus percarinatus, Sadypus nepotulus, Sadypus tortuosus, Sadypus ascendens, Sadypus minutus, Sadypus confluens

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Meteutatus lucidus in the database

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