Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Alternative spellings: Dasipidae, Dasypidae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Dasypodoidea according to C. M. R. Herrera et al. 2017
See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1897, Bonaparte 1850, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Cope 1889, Croft et al. 2007, Downing and White 1995, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gadow 1898, Gaudin 1995, Gray 1821, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Jaekel 1911, Kramarz et al. 2010, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McDonald and Naples 2007, McKenna and Bell 1997, Nowak 1991, Rincón et al. 2008, Shockey et al. 2009, Simpson 1948 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Amblytatus Archaeutatus Astegotherium Chlamytheriinae Dasypina Dasypodinae Epipeltecoelus Euphractinae Euphractus Lumbreratherium Machlydotherium Macrochorobates Meteutatus attonsus Ornithoryncina Orycteropina Pampatheriinae Peltephilinae Prodasypus Prostegotherium Pseudeutatus Pseudostegotherium Pucatherium Punatherium Stegotheriopsis Tolypeutinae Utaetus
Type: Dasypus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore