Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Synonyms: Orthutaetus clavatus Ameghino 1902, Orthutaetus crenulatus Ameghino 1902, Posteutatus indemnis Ameghino 1902, Posteutatus indentatus Ameghino 1902, Posteutatus scabridus Ameghino 1902, Utaetus argos Ameghino 1902, Utaetus laxus Ameghino 1902
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 Utaetus according to G. G. Simpson 1948
See also Ameghino 1902 and Carlini et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Utaetus deustus, Utaetus laevus, Utaetus lenis, Utaetus magnum
Type specimens:
- Utaetus buccatus: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina
- Orthutaetus clavatus: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Orthutaetus crenulatus: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Posteutatus indemnis: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Posteutatus indentatus: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Posteutatus scabridus: Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Utaetus argos: Its type locality is Río Chico frente a Malaspina, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
- Utaetus laxus: Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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