Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Full reference: A. A. Carlini, M. R. Ciancio, and G. J. Scillato-Yane. 2010. Middle Eocene-Early Miocene Dasypodidae (Xenarthra) of southern South America: biostratigraphy and palaeoecology. The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 106-129
Parent taxon: Eutatini according to A. A. Carlini et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Chasicotatus, Doellotatus, Eutatus, Meteutatus, Paraeutatus, Ringueletia
Subtaxa: Barrancatatus maddeni Barrancatatus rigidus Barrancatatus tinguiririquensis
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Argentina (4 collections), Chile (1)
• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (2)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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