Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Alternative spelling: Pareutaetus
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: Euphractini according to A. A. Carlini et al. 2009
See also Ameghino 1902, Carlini et al. 2010, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Simpson 1948
Sister taxa: Anutaetus, Chaetophractus, Chorobates, Eodasypus, Hemiutaetus, Holozaedyus, Isutaetus, Macroeuphractus, Mazzoniphractus, Neophractus, Paleuphractus, Paraeuphractus, Proeuphractus, Zaedyus
Subtaxa: Parutaetus chicoensis Parutaetus chilensis Parutaetus clusus Parutaetus oliveirai Parutaetus punaensis Parutaetus signatus
Type: Parutaetus chicoensis
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Argentina (2), Chile (1)
• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (6), Brazil (1)
Total: 12 collections including 15 occurrences
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