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Dasypus bellus (beautiful armadillo)
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).
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
Year | Name and author |
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1929 | Tatu bellus Simpson |
1930 | Tatu bellus Simpson |
1957 | Dasypus bellus Auffenberg |
1980 | Dasypus bellus Kurten and Anderson p. 130 |
1995 | Dasypus bellus Downing and White p. 389 |
1998 | Dasypus bellus Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt |
2007 | Dasypus bellus McDonald and Naples p. 153 |
2008 | Dasypus bellus Rincón et al. p. 201 |
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†Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 [beautiful armadillo]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available