Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Notas sobre algunos mamíferos fósiles nuevos ó poco conocidos del Valle de Tarija. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 3(1):225-261
Belongs to Dasypus according to F. Ameghino 1902
Sister taxa: Dasypus (Cryptophractus), Dasypus (Dasypus), Dasypus (Hyperoambon), Dasypus argentinus, Dasypus bellus, Dasypus hesternus, Dasypus laevisculptus, Dasypus longicaudatus, Dasypus moreni, Dasypus neogaeus, Dasypus patagonicus, Dasypus peba, Dasypus platensis, Dasypus proximus, Dasypus scalabrini, Dasypus villosus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tarija, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial horizon in the Tarija Formation of Bolivia
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-frugivore
Distribution: found only at Tarija
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