Dasypodidae
Family of armadillos
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Dasypodidae is a family of mostly extinct genera of armadillos. One genus, Dasypus, is extant, with eight living species.
| Dasypodidae Temporal range: Early Eocene to present | |
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| Dasypus novemcinctus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Cingulata Gray, 1821 |
| Family: | Dasypodidae Gray, 1821 |
| Type genus | |
| Dasypus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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| Dasypodidae distribution | |
Classification
Below is a taxonomy of armadillos in this family.[citation needed]
- Family Dasypodidae
- † Genus Acantharodeia
- † Genus Amblytatus
- † Genus Archaeutatus
- † Genus Barrancatatus
- † Genus Chasicotatus
- † Genus Chorobates
- † Genus Coelutaetus
- † Genus Eocoleophorus
- † Genus Epipeltecoelus
- † Genus Eutatus
- † Genus Hemiutaetus
- † Genus Isutaetus
- † Genus Lumbreratherium
- † Genus Macrochorobates
- † Genus Mazzoniphractus
- † Genus Meteutatus
- † Genus Pedrolypeutes
- † Genus Prodasypus
- † Genus Proeutatus
- † Genus Prostegotherium
- † Genus Pucatherium
- † Genus Punatherium
- † Genus Stegotherium
- † Genus Stenotatus
- † Genus Utaetus
- Subfamily Dasypodinae
- † Tribe Astegotheriini
- † Genus Nanoastegotherium
- † Genus Parastegosimpsonia
- † Genus Riostegotherium
- † Genus Astegotherium
- † Genus Stegosimpsonia
- Tribe Dasypodini
- † Genus Anadasypus
- Genus Dasypus
- † Genus Nabondasypus
- † Genus Pliodasypus
- † Genus Propraopus
- † Tribe Astegotheriini
Phylogeny
Dasypodidae forms the sister clade to Chlamyphoridae within Cingulata, as shown in the cladogram of extant dasypodids (Dasypus) below. The greater long-nosed armadillo (D. kappleri) is basal within this genus.
| Cladogram of Cingulata[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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