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Euphractus (six-banded armadillo)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Euphractus was named by Wagler (1830). It is extant.

It was assigned to Euphractini by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Dasypodidae by Carroll (1988), Salles et al. (2006).

Species
E. sexcinctus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Euphractus Wagler
1988Euphractus Carroll
1997Euphractus McKenna and Bell p. 85
2006Euphractus Salles et al. p. 7

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
—Dasypodoidea(Gray 1821)
familyDasypodidae()
genusEuphractusWagler 1830

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. Euphractus Wagler 1830 [six-banded armadillo]
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Euphractus sexcinctus Linnaeus 1758 [six banded armadillo]
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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia Dasypus sexcinctus (142016)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia (Tarija ) Euphractus sexcinctus (70673)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Euphractus sexcinctus (92814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Tocantins) Euphractus sexcinctus (149493)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Euphractus sp. (71335)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Euphractus sexcinctus (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Euphractus sexcinctus (71313 212449)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Tocantins) Euphractus sexcinctus (192091)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Entre Ríos) Euphractus sexcinctus (212781)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia Euphractus sexcinctus (71324)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Euphractus sexcinctus (70705)