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Dasypus

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Dasypus Linnaeus p. 50
1825Dasypus Gray p. 343
1827Tatusia Cuvier p. 309
1854Praopus Burmeister
1889Tatusia Ameghino p. 861
1894Dasypus Lydekker p. 55
1894Tatusia Lydekker p. 70
1902Dasypus Ameghino
1914Dasypus Rovereto p. 109
1930Dasypus Hay p. 416
1980Dasypus Kurten and Anderson p. 130
1988Dasypus Carroll
1995Dasypus Downing and White p. 389
1997Dasypus McKenna and Bell p. 83
2007Dasypus McDonald and Naples p. 153
2008Dasypus Rincón et al. p. 198
2021Dasypus Alfonso-Rojas et al.

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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()
subfamilyDasypodinaeGray 1821
tribeDasypodini()
genusDasypus

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.

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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimateequationreference
 2.43 kg Mammalia femur diameterGingerich 1990
 3.12 kg Mammalia humerus diameterGingerich 1990
 3.73 kg Mammalia tibia diameterGingerich 1990
mean: 3.05 kg
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter17.00
humerus diameter17.60
radius diameter15.90
scapular osteoderm height14.00
tibia diameter17.70

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: insectivoreg
Diet 2: frugivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: diet of D. novemcinctus is 76.6% insects, 6.7% berries, fruits, and other "vegetable matter, " and the rest other animals (mostly invertebrates); nocturnal and digs multiple burrows averaging 125 cm in lengthg
Created: 2012-05-15 10:44:07
Modified: 2012-05-14 19:56:52
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Mc Bee and Baker 1982, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Huayquerian to the top of the Holocene or 8.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.0 Ma

Collections (100 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Jujuy) D. sp. nov. (202339)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) D. neogaeus (55600)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) D. laevisculptus (198863)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nebraska) D. bellus (19954)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) D. bellus (19752 19753 19754 113275 113276)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) D. bellus (19758 20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia D. villosus (142016)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) D. bellus (19750 98313)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia (Tarija ) D. tarijensis (70673)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) D. bellus (227368)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Ecuador D. sp. (22734)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) D. bellus (65405)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) D. septemcinctus (92813) D. sp. (92814)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) D. sp., D. septemcinctus (211822)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Virginia) D. sp. (104698)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Buenos Aires) D. sp. (199170)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (South Carolina) D. bellus (79759)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) D. bellus (20289 20308 20350 20351 20385 20400 20402 20403 20415 20475 20494 20520 58089)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) D. bellus (20318) D. novemcinctus (20530)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Alabama) D. bellus (20281)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Oklahoma) D. bellus (20151)
Middle Pleistocene (glacial)0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) D. bellus (75974)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay (Salto) D. novemcinctus (140159)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (South Carolina) D. bellus (79760)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) D. bellus (20440 20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Tocantins) D. novemcinctus (149493)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Peten) D. sp. (71312)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) D. bellus (20598 20608) Tatu bellus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) D. bellus (104681)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) D. sp. (147598)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) D. bellus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) D. sp. (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia (Cundinamarca) D. sp. (190375)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) D. bellus (75995)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) D. bellus (20584)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) D. hybridus (73845)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) D. bellus (20572 20573 20593 20594 20595 20616 20634 20636 20650 20653 79667)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (El Petén) D. sp. (189383)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) D. bellus (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bolivia (Tarija) D. sp. (142158)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) D. novemcinctus (71331) D. sp. (71332 71334 71335)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) D. bellus (20604 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) D. bellus (13066 84189)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) D. sp. (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) D. sp., D. novemcinctus, D. septemcinctus (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) D. bellus (20638 74292 154936) D. sp. (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) D. bellus (63563 63565 63569 63570)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Tocantins) D. novemcinctus (192091)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) D. novemcinctus (71269)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru D. novemcinctus (21689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama D. novemcinctus (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) D. novemcinctus, D. kappleri (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia (Chuquisaca) D. novemcinctus (70705)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) D. novemcinctus (21686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia D. novemcinctus (71324)