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Dasypus (Dasypus) septemcinctus (seven-banded armadillo)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Dasypus septemcinctus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dasypus (Dasypus) septemcinctus by Rincón et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Dasypus septemcinctus Linnaeus p. 51
1911Dasypus septemcinctus Thomas p. 142
2008Dasypus (Dasypus) septemcinctus Rincón et al. p. 199

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
speciesseptemcinctus()

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.

Dasypus (Dasypus) septemcinctus Linnaeus 1758 [seven-banded armadillo]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Mc Bee and Baker 1982

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 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)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Dasypus septemcinctus (211821)