Pseudostegotherium Ameghino 1902 (armadillo)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Première contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique des couches à Colpodon [First contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Colopdon Beds]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:71-141

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, Machlydotherium, Macrochorobates, Meteutatus attonsus, Ornithoryncina, Orycteropina, Pampatheriinae, Peltephilinae, Prodasypus, Prostegotherium, Pseudeutatus, Pucatherium, Punatherium, Stegotheriopsis, Tolypeutinae, Utaetus

Subtaxa: Pseudostegotherium chubutanum Pseudostegotherium glangeaudi

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Type: Pseudostegotherium glangeaudi

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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