Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Alternative combination: Meteutatus rigidus
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 Barrancatatus according to A. A. Carlini et al. 2010
See also Ameghino 1902 and Simpson 1948
Sister taxa: Barrancatatus maddeni, Barrancatatus tinguiririquensis
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Argentina (3 collections)
• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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