Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Full reference: D. Barasoain, L. González-Ruiz, A. Zurita and C. Villarroel. 2022. Oldest new Dasypodini (Xenarthra, Cingulata) provides new trails about armadillos evolutionary history. Historical Biology 34(3):390-402

Parent taxon: Dasypodini according to D. Barasoain et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Anadasypus, Dasypus, Pliodasypus, Propraopus

Subtaxa: Plesiodasypus colombianus

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Type: Plesiodasypus colombianus

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution: found only at Near Villavieja, Tatacoa Sandstone Beds (Miocene of Colombia)

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