Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Alternative combinations: Meteutatus lageniformis, Proeutatus lagenaformis
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521
Belongs to Meteutatus according to G. G. Simpson 1948
See also Ameghino 1897, Ameghino 1902 and Carlini et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Meteutatus anthinus, Meteutatus concavus, Meteutatus lucidus, Meteutatus percarinatus, Sadypus nepotulus, Sadypus tortuosus, Sadypus minutus, Sadypus confluens, Sadypus ascendens
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (6 collections)
• Oligocene of Argentina (5)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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