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Tolypeutes tricinctus matacus

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Tatou mataco was named by Azara (1801). It is extant.

It was recombined as Loricatus mataco by Desmarest (1804); it was recombined as Tolypeutes matacus by Osgood (1919); it was recombined as Tolypeutes tricinctus matacus by Sanborn (1930).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. pampaeus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Tatou mataco Azara p. 197
1804Loricatus mataco Desmarest p. 28
1847Tolypeutes conurus Geoffroy
1883Dasypus conurus Giebel p. 511
1905Tolypoides bicinctus Grandidier and Neveu-Lemaire p. 370
1919Tolypeutes matacus Osgood p. 33
1930Tolypeutes tricinctus matacus Sanborn p. 66

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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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
—Dasypodoidea(Gray 1821)
familyDasypodidae()
subfamilyTolypeutinaeGray 1865
genusTolypeutes
speciestricinctus()
subspeciesmatacus(Azara 1801)

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.

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Invalid names: Tolypeutes conurus Geoffroy 1847 [synonym], Tolypoides bicinctus Grandidier and Neveu-Lemaire 1905 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimateequationreference
 1.32 kg Mammalia femur diameterGingerich 1990
 1.69 kg Mammalia humerus diameterGingerich 1990
 1.30 kg Mammalia tibia diameterGingerich 1990
mean: 1.42 kg
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter15.60
humerus diameter16.00
radius diameter13.70
tibia diameter15.20

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, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Lujanian to the top of the Holocene or 0.40000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Cordoba) Tolypeutes matacus (197918)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Tolypeutes matacus (71303 140805)
Lujanian (glacial)0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Tolypeutes matacus (140934)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Tolypeutes matacus (70705)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia Tolypeutes matacus (71324)