Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Full reference: C. Herrera, G. Esteban, D. A. García-López, V. Deraco, J. Babot and C. Papa. 2021. New Cingulata (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Upper Lumbrera Formation (Bartonian, Middle Eocene), Salta Province, Argentina. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 24(3):236-244
Belongs to Utaetus according to C. Herrera et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Utaetus buccatus, Utaetus deustus, Utaetus laevus, Utaetus lenis
Type specimen: IBIGEO-P 109, an osteoderm (11 fixed, two movables, and eight caudal complete osteoderms, in addition to numerous fragmentary osteoderms, all from the same individual). Its type locality is El Simbolar (upper Lumbrera), which is in an Eocene lacustrine mudstone/siltstone in the Lumbrera Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution: found only at El Simbolar (upper Lumbrera)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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