Utaetus Ameghino 1902 (armadillo)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Synonyms: Anteutatus Ameghino 1902, Orthutaetus Ameghino 1902, Posteutatus Ameghino 1902

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, Carlini et al. 2010, 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, Pseudostegotherium, Pucatherium, Punatherium, Stegotheriopsis, Tolypeutinae

Subtaxa: Utaetus buccatus Utaetus deustus Utaetus laevus Utaetus lenis Utaetus magnum

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Type: Utaetus buccatus

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Argentina (15 collections), Brazil (1)

Total: 16 collections including 26 occurrences

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