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Dasypus bellus (beautiful armadillo)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Tatu bellus was named by Simpson (1929). Its type specimen is AMNH 23542, an osteoderm, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Seminole Field, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial sandstone in Florida.

It was recombined as Dasypus bellus by Auffenberg (1957), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Downing and White (1995), Hulbert and Pratt (1998), McDonald and Naples (2007) and Rincón et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Tatu bellus Simpson
1930Tatu bellus Simpson
1957Dasypus bellus Auffenberg
1980Dasypus bellus Kurten and Anderson p. 130
1995Dasypus bellus Downing and White p. 389
1998Dasypus bellus Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt
2007Dasypus bellus McDonald and Naples p. 153
2008Dasypus bellus Rincón et al. p. 201

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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
speciesbellus()

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 bellus Simpson 1929 [beautiful 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: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Mc Bee and Baker 1982

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58800 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (19752 19753 19754 113275 113276)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Dasypus bellus (19954)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (19758 20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (19750 98313)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Dasypus bellus (65405)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (227368)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Carolina) Dasypus bellus (79759)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Alabama) Dasypus bellus (20281)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Dasypus bellus (20151)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (20289 20308 20350 20351 20385 20400 20402 20403 20415 20475 20494 20520 58089)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Dasypus bellus (20318) Dasypus novemcinctus (20530)
Middle Pleistocene (glacial)0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (75974)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (20440 20491 195112)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (South Carolina) Dasypus bellus (79760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Dasypus bellus (20604 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Dasypus bellus (13066 84189)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (20572 20573 20593 20594 20595 20616 20634 20636 20650 20653 79667)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Dasypus bellus (104681)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Dasypus bellus (75995)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Dasypus bellus (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (20638 74292 154936)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Dasypus bellus (20598 20608) Tatu bellus (type locality: 154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Dasypus bellus (20584)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Dasypus bellus (63563 63565 63569 63570)