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Dasypodini

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Dasypodina Bonaparte p. 1
1997Dasypodini McKenna and Bell p. 83
2004Dasypodini Zurita et al.
2008Dasypodini Rincón et al. p. 198

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
—Dasypodoidea(Gray 1821)
familyDasypodidae()
subfamilyDasypodinaeGray 1821
tribeDasypodini()
tribeDasypodini()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Dasypodini Bonaparte 1850
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G. †Anadasypus Carlini et al. 1997
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†Anadasypus aequatorianus Carlini et al. 2014
†Anadasypus hondanus Carlini et al. 1997
G. Dasypus Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Dasypus (Cryptophractus) Wetzel and Mondolfi 1979
Subg. Dasypus (Dasypus) Linnaeus 1758
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Dasypus (Dasypus) hybridus Desmarest 1804 [southern long-nosed armadillo]
Dasypus (Dasypus) novemcinctus Linnaeus 1758 [nine-banded armadillo]
Dasypus (Dasypus) sabanicola Mondolfi 1967 [Llanos long-nosed armadillo]
Dasypus (Dasypus) septemcinctus Linnaeus 1758 [seven-banded armadillo]
Dasypus (Dasypus) yepesi Vizcaino 1995 [Yepes's mulita]
Subg. Dasypus (Hyperoambon) Peters 1865
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Dasypus (Hyperoambon) kappleri Krauss 1862 [greater long-nosed armadillo]
†Dasypus argentinus Moreno and Mercerat 1891
†Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 [beautiful armadillo]
†Dasypus hesternus Ameghino 1889
†Dasypus laevisculptus Rovereto 1914
†Dasypus moreni Lydekker 1894
†Dasypus neogaeus Ameghino 1891
†Dasypus patagonicus Ameghino 1887
Dasypus peba Desmarest 1822
Dasypus platensis Ameghino 1889
†Dasypus proximus Ameghino 1887
†Dasypus scalabrini Moreno and Mercerat 1891
†Dasypus tarijensis Ameghino 1902
†Dasypus villosus Desmarest 1804
Invalid names: Tatu [synonym], Tatusia Cuvier 1827 [synonym]
G. †Plesiodasypus Barasoain et al. 2022
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†Plesiodasypus colombianus Barasoain et al. 2022
G. †Pliodasypus Castro et al. 2014
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†Pliodasypus vergelianus Castro et al. 2014 [armadillo]
G. †Propraopus Ameghino 1881
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†Propraopus magnus Wolf 1875
†Propraopus punctatus Lund 1842
†Propraopus sulcatus Lund 1838
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Invalid names: Propraopus grandis Ameghino 1881 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pontotatus Ameghino 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:31:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Colhuehuapian to the top of the Holocene or 21.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 17.5 Ma

Collections (138 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Peru Dasypodini indet. (176149)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila Department) Anadasypus hondanus (12975)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Plesiodasypus colombianus (224778)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia Anadasypus hondanus (13678 13680 13681 13682)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Anadasypus sp. (55602)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ecuador (Azuay) Anadasypus aequatorianus (166501)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) Dasypus neogaeus (55600)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Jujuy) Dasypus sp. nov. (202339)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Dasypus laevisculptus (198863)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Dasypus bellus (19954)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (19752 19753 19754 113275 113276)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Falcon) Pliodasypus vergelianus (122033)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Venezuela (Monagas) Propraopus sulcatus (144977)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (19758 20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (19750 98313)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia Tatusia grandis, Dasypus villosus (142016)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia (Tarija ) Propraopus sulcatus, Dasypus tarijensis (70673)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Dasypus bellus (65405)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Propraopus sulcatus (212469 232454)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Ecuador Dasypus sp. (22734)
Pleistocene (interglacial)2.588 - 0.0117Ecuador (Chimborazo) Propraopus magnus (133644)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Dasypus septemcinctus (92813) Dasypus sp., Propraopus sp. (92814)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Dasypus sp., Dasypus septemcinctus (211822)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Virginia) Dasypus sp. (104698)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Dasypus bellus (20151)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (20289 20308 20350 20351 20385 20400 20402 20403 20415 20475 20494 20520 58089)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Alabama) Dasypus bellus (20281)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Carolina) Dasypus bellus (79759)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Dasypus bellus (20318) Dasypus novemcinctus (20530)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Buenos Aires) Dasypus sp., Propraopus sp. (199170)
Ensenadan - Lujanian1.75 - 0.012Argentina (Corrientes) Propraopus grandis (71288)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Corrientes) Propraopus grandis (71289 71290)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Venezuela (Falcon) Propraopus sulcatus (113601)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Entre Ríos) Propraopus sp., Propraopus grandis (203955)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.781 - 0.012Uruguay (Salto) Propraopus sp., Dasypus novemcinctus (140159)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Chaco) Propraopus grandis (78579)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Catamarca) Propraopus sp. (140929)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Uruguay Propraopus sp. (71274 71325 211644)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Propraopus grandis (71347)
Middle Pleistocene (glacial)0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (75974)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Brazil (Bahia) Propraopus sulcatus (71295)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) Propraopus sp. (63335)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (South Carolina) Dasypus bellus (79760)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (20440 20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (20598 20608) Tatu bellus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Dasypus sp. (71332 71334 71335) Propraopus sp., Dasypus novemcinctus (71331)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bolivia (Tarija) Dasypus sp. (142158)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (20638 74292 154936) Dasypus sp. (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Propraopus sp. (211646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Propraopus sulcatus, Dasypus sp. (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia (Cundinamarca) Dasypus sp., Propraopus sulcatus (190375)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Dasypus sp. (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Propraopus grandis (236317) Propraopus grandis, Propraopus sulcatus (137180)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Dasypus sp., Dasypus novemcinctus, Dasypus septemcinctus (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (El Petén) Dasypus sp. (189383)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santiago del Estero) Propraopus sp. (191153)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Mato Grosso) Propraopus sulcatus (136521)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Dasypus bellus (104681)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (20572 20573 20593 20594 20595 20616 20634 20636 20650 20653 79667)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Dasypus bellus (13066 84189)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Dasypus bellus (20604 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Dasypus bellus (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Peten) Dasypus sp. (71312)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Tocantins) Dasypus novemcinctus, Propraopus sulcatus (149493)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Dasypus bellus (75995)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Dasypus bellus (20584)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Dasypus hybridus (73845)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Dasypus sp., Propraopus grandis, Propraopus sulcatus (147598) Propraopus grandis (124384 124714 124715 124716 124717)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Dasypus bellus (63563 63565 63569 63570)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Tocantins) Dasypus novemcinctus, Propraopus sulcatus (192091)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Propraopus sulcatus (212449)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Dasypus novemcinctus (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Dasypus novemcinctus (71269)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Dasypus novemcinctus, Dasypus kappleri (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia Propraopus sp., Dasypus novemcinctus (71324)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Dasypus novemcinctus (21686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Dasypus novemcinctus, Propraopus punctatus (70705)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Dasypus novemcinctus (21689)