Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Synonym: Sadypus 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
Parent taxon: Eutatini according to A. A. Carlini et al. 2009
See also Ameghino 1902, Carlini et al. 2010, Carroll 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Simpson 1948
Sister taxa: Barrancatatus, Chasicotatus, Doellotatus, Eutatus, Paraeutatus, Ringueletia
Subtaxa: Meteutatus anthinus Meteutatus concavus Meteutatus lagenaformis Meteutatus lucidus Meteutatus percarinatus Sadypus ascendens Sadypus confluens Sadypus minutus Sadypus nepotulus Sadypus tortuosus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (6 collections)
• Oligocene of Argentina (7)
• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (4), Brazil (1)
Total: 19 collections including 31 occurrences
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