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Dasypus (Dasypus)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Dasypus (Dasypus) Linnaeus
2008Dasypus (Dasypus) Rincón et al. p. 199

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
—Dasypodoidea(Gray 1821)
familyDasypodidae()
subfamilyDasypodinaeGray 1821
tribeDasypodini()
genusDasypus
subgenusDasypusLinnaeus 1758

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.

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]
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
tibia diameter17.70

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: insectivoreg
Diet 2: frugivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
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, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Mc Bee and Baker 1982

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.012 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Dasypus septemcinctus (211822)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Dasypus septemcinctus (92813)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.781 - 0.012Uruguay (Salto) Dasypus novemcinctus (140159)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Dasypus sp. (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Dasypus novemcinctus (71331)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Tocantins) Dasypus novemcinctus (149493)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Dasypus hybridus (73845)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Dasypus novemcinctus, Dasypus septemcinctus (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Tocantins) Dasypus novemcinctus (192091)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Dasypus novemcinctus (70705)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Dasypus novemcinctus (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia Dasypus novemcinctus (71324)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Dasypus novemcinctus (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Dasypus novemcinctus (71269)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Dasypus novemcinctus (21686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Dasypus novemcinctus (21689)