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Tolypeutinae

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Tolypeutinae Gray
1997Tolypeutinae McKenna and Bell p. 85
2005Tolypeutinae Wilson and Reeder
2007Tolypeutinae Smith p. 1
2008Tolypeutinae Rincón et al. p. 199
2011Tolypeutinae Smith p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
—Dasypodoidea(Gray 1821)
familyDasypodidae()
subfamilyTolypeutinaeGray 1865
subfamilyTolypeutinaeGray 1865

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.

Subfm. Tolypeutinae Gray 1865
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G. †Kuntinaru Billet et al. 2011
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†Kuntinaru boliviensis Billet et al. 2011
Tr. †Priodontini Gray 1873
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G. Cabassous McMurtie 1831 [naked-tailed armadillo]
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Cabassous centralis Miller 1899 [Northern naked-tailed armadillo]
Cabassous chacoensis Wetzel 1980 [Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo]
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Invalid names: Cabassous loricatus Yepes 1935 [synonym], Xenurus gymnurus Lahille 1899 [synonym]
Cabassous tatouay Desmarest 1804 [Greater naked-tailed armadillo]
Cabassous unicinctus Linnaeus 1758 [southern naked-tailed armadillo]
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Invalid names: Dasypus multicinctus Thunberg 1818 [synonym], Dasypus octodecimcinctus Erxleben 1777 [synonym], Dasypus undecimcinctus Illiger 1815 [synonym], Dasypus verrucosus Wagner 1844 [synonym], Xenurus duodecimcinctus Schreber 1774 [synonym], Ziphila lugubris Gray 1873 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ziphila Gray 1873 [synonym]
G. Priodontes Cuvier 1825 [giant armadillo]
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Priodontes maximus Kerr 1792 [giant armadillo]
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Invalid names: Dasypus gigans Schmid 1818 [synonym], Dasypus giganteus Geoffroy 1803 [synonym], Dasypus gigas Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Tatus grandis Olfers 1818 [synonym]
G. Tolypeutes Illiger 1811 [three-banded armadillo]
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Tolypeutes tricinctus Linnaeus 1758 [three banded armadillo]
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Invalid names: Tolypeutes conurus Geoffroy 1847 [synonym], Tolypoides bicinctus Grandidier and Neveu-Lemaire 1905 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Dasypus quadricinctus Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Tr. †Tolypeutini Gray 1865
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G. †Pedrolypeutes Carlini et al. 1997
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†Pedrolypeutes praecursor Carlini et al. 1997
G. †Vetelia Ameghino 1891
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†Vetelia gandhii Esteban and Nasif 1996
†Vetelia perforata Scillato-Yané 1977
†Vetelia puncta Ameghino 1891
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: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Peru (Loreto) Tolypeutinae indet. (176129)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia Kuntinaru boliviensis (95688)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia (Salla) Kuntinaru boliviensis (143001)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Peru (Loreto) Tolypeutinae indet. (176130)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Argentina (Santa Cruz) Vetelia puncta (197691)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Vetelia puncta (176577 176596 176597)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Colombia Pedrolypeutes praecursor (13683)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Argentina (La Pampa) Vetelia perforata (231228)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia Pedrolypeutes praecursor (13684 13685 13686 13687 13739)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Peru Tolypeutinae indet. (176162)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina (Salta) Vetelia sp., Vetelia gandhii (197784)
Chasicoan10.0 - 8.0Argentina (San Juan) Vetelia ghandii (198596)
Chasicoan10.0 - 8.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Vetelia perforata (79180)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Vetelia perforata (198270)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Catamarca) Vetelia gandhii (204641) Vetelia perforata (198542) Vetelia sp. (157794 198547)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) Vetelia perforata (152061 152063 192166 204360 230751)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Argentina (La Rioja) Vetelia gandhi (157303)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Buenos Aires) Tolypeutes sp. (199160)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Ceara) Tolypeutes tricinctus (236300)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Cabassous sp. (147815)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Buenos Aires) Tolypeutes pampaeus (140803 199170)
Ensenadan - Lujanian1.75 - 0.0117Argentina (Corrientes) Tolypeutes sp. (71288)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) Tolypeutes sp. (63335)
Lujanian (glacial)0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Tolypeutes matacus (140934)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Tolypeutes matacus (71303 140805) Tolypeutes pampaeus (71347) Tolypeutes sp. (71314)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Cordoba) Tolypeutes matacus (197918)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Cordoba) Tolypeutes sp. (191130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Sergipe) Tolypeutes tricinctus (239845)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Tolypeutes sp. (71335)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Tolypeutes sp. (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santiago del Estero) Tolypeutes sp. (191153)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina Tolypeutes sp. (213470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Tolypeutes sp. (71316)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte) Tolypeutes tricinctus (148309)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Tolypeutes sp. (71348 191127)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Priodontes maximus (21689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Priodontes maximus (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Tolypeutes matacus (70705)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia Tolypeutes matacus (71324)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Cabassous centralis (21691)