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Chaetophractus (hairy armadillo)
Taxonomy
Chaetophractus was named by Fitzinger (1871). It is extant.
It was assigned to Dasypodidae by Carroll (1988); and to Euphractini by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Soibelzon et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Dasypodidae by Carroll (1988); and to Euphractini by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Soibelzon et al. (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1871 | Chaetophractus Fitzinger |
1988 | Chaetophractus Carroll |
1997 | Chaetophractus McKenna and Bell p. 85 |
2010 | Chaetophractus Soibelzon et al. |
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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. Chaetophractus Fitzinger 1871 [hairy armadillo]
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Chaetophractus vellerosus Gray 1865 [screaming hairy armadillo]
Chaetophractus villosus Desmarest 1804 [big hairy armadillo]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimate | equation | reference |
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1.58 kg | Mammalia femur diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
3.43 kg | Mammalia humerus diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
2.14 kg | Mammalia tibia diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
mean: 2.26 kg |
Measurements
part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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femur diameter | 2 | 5.99 | 4.60 | 7.80 | 6.20 | 2.26 | |
humerus diameter | 2 | 7.87 | 6.20 | 10.0 | 8.10 | 2.69 | |
radius diameter | 2 | 4.03 | 3.70 | 4.40 | 4.05 | 0.495 | |
tibia diameter | 2 | 6.26 | 4.90 | 8.00 | 6.45 | 2.19 |
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, 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
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.0 Ma
Collections (24 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Huayquerian | Argentina (La Rioja) | Chaetophractus sp. (55596) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Chaetophractus villosus (199160) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Jujuy) | Chaetophractus villosus (141896) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Bolivia (Tarija ) | Chaetophractus villosus (70673) | |
Ensenadan | Argentina | Chaetophractus vellerosus (213464) | |
Lujanian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Chaetophractus villosus (63337 71303 71347) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Chaetophractus villosus (63335) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Chaetophractus villosus (71316 73845) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Catamarca) | Chaetophractus vallerosus (216690) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Santiago del Estero) | Chaetophractus villosus (191153) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Tucuman) | Chaetophractus sp. (141182) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Uruguay (Canelones) | Chaetophractus villosus (176485) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Chaetophractus villosus (191127) | |
Holocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Chaetophractus villosus (63338 63339 63342 71349) | |
Holocene | Argentina (La Pampa) | Chaetophractus villosus, Chaetophractus vellerosus (212470) | |
Holocene | Argentina | Chaetophractus villosus (93267) | |
Holocene | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Chaetophractus vellerosus (70705) | |
Holocene | Bolivia | Chaetophractus sp. (71324) |