Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
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: Dasypodidae according to G. G. Simpson 1948
See also Ameghino 1902, Carroll 1988 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Amblytatus, Archaeutatus, Astegotherium, Chlamytheriinae, Dasypina, Dasypodinae, Epipeltecoelus, Euphractinae, Euphractus, Lumbreratherium, Macrochorobates, Meteutatus attonsus, Ornithoryncina, Orycteropina, Pampatheriinae, Peltephilinae, Prodasypus, Prostegotherium, Pseudeutatus, Pseudostegotherium, Pucatherium, Punatherium, Stegotheriopsis, Tolypeutinae, Utaetus
Subtaxa: Machlydotherium asperum Machlydotherium ater Machlydotherium intortum Machlydotherium sparsum
Type: Machlydotherium asperum
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1)
• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (4), Brazil (1)
Total: 8 collections including 11 occurrences
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