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Chaetophractus villosus (big hairy armadillo)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Chaetophractus villosus was named by Desmarest (1804). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Chaetophractus villosus Desmarest
2010Chaetophractus villosus Soibelzon et al. p. 452

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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()
subfamilyEuphractinaeWinge 1923
tribeEuphractiniWinge 1923
genusChaetophractusFitzinger 1871
speciesvillosusDesmarest 1804

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.

Chaetophractus villosus Desmarest 1804 [big hairy armadillo]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimateequationreference
 3.27 kg Mammalia femur diameterGingerich 1990
 6.37 kg Mammalia humerus diameterGingerich 1990
 4.13 kg Mammalia tibia diameterGingerich 1990
mean: 4.42 kg
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter17.80
humerus diameter110.0
radius diameter13.70
tibia diameter18.00

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:31:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Jujuy) Chaetophractus villosus (141896)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) Chaetophractus villosus (199160)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia (Tarija ) Chaetophractus villosus (70673)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Chaetophractus villosus (63337 71303 71347)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) Chaetophractus villosus (63335)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay (Canelones) Chaetophractus villosus (176485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santiago del Estero) Chaetophractus villosus (191153)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Chaetophractus villosus (71316 73845)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Chaetophractus villosus (191127)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Chaetophractus villosus (93267)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (La Pampa) Chaetophractus villosus (212470)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Chaetophractus villosus (63338 63339 63342 71349)