†Plesiodasypus colombianus Barasoain et al. 2022 (armadillo)
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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
Belongs to Plesiodasypus according to D. Barasoain et al. 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: TAT34/TATAC46, a skull. Its type locality is Near Villavieja, Tatacoa Sandstone Beds, which is in a Laventan fluvial sandstone in the La Victoria Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution: found only at Near Villavieja, Tatacoa Sandstone Beds
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