Dasypodidae is a family of mostly extinct genera of

armadillo Armadillos (meaning "little armored ones" in Spanish) are New World placental mammals in the order Cingulata. The Chlamyphoridae and Dasypodidae are the only surviving families in the order, which is part of the superorder Xenarthra, along wi ...

s. One genus, '' Dasypus'', is extant, with at least seven living species. __TOC__

Classification

Below is a taxonomy of armadillos in this family. Family Dasypodidae *† Genus '' Acantharodeia'' *† Genus '' Amblytatus'' *† Genus '' Archaeutatus'' *† Genus ''

Astegotherium ''Astegotherium'' is an extinct genus of xenarthran, belonging to the family Dasypodidae. It lived from the Early to the Middle Eocene, and its fossilized remains are found in Argentina. Description This genus is only known from the dermal pla ...

'' *† Genus '' Barrancatatus'' *† Genus '' Chasicotatus'' *† Genus ''

Chorobates The chorobates, described by Vitruvius in Book VIII of the '' De architectura'', was used to measure horizontal planes and was especially important in the construction of aqueducts. Similar to modern spirit levels, the chorobates consisted of ...

'' *† Genus '' Coelutaetus'' *† Genus '' Eocoleophorus'' *† Genus '' Epipeltecoelus'' *† Genus ''

Eutatus ''Eutatus'' is an extinct genus of large armadillos of the family (biology), family Chlamyphoridae. It was endemic to South America from the Miocene, Early Miocene to Late Pleistocene, living from 17.5 Annum, Ma-11,000 years ago, with possible su ...

'' *† Genus '' Hemiutaetus'' *† Genus '' Isutaetus'' *† Genus '' Lumbreratherium'' *† Genus '' Macrochorobates'' *† Genus '' Mazzoniphractus'' *† Genus '' Meteutatus'' *† Genus '' Pedrolypeutes'' *† Genus '' Prodasypus'' *† Genus ''

Proeutatus ''Proeutatus'' is an extinct genus of xenarthran, belonging to the order Cingulata. It lived during the Early Miocene, and its fossilized remains were discovered in South America. Description This animal was vaguely similar to the extant six-b ...

'' *† Genus '' Prostegotherium'' *† Genus '' Pucatherium'' *† Genus '' Punatherium'' *† Genus ''

Stegotherium ''Stegotherium'' is an extinct genus of long-nosed armadillo, belonging to the Dasypodidae family alongside the nine-banded armadillo. It is currently the only genus recognized as a member of the tribe Stegotheriini. It lived during the Early Mio ...

'' *† Genus '' Stenotatus'' *† Genus ''

Utaetus ''Utaetus'' is an extinct genus of mammal in the order Cingulata, related to the modern armadillos. The genus contains a single species, ''Utaetus buccatus''. It lived in the Late Paleocene to Late Eocene (about 60 to 36 million years ago) and i ...

'' * Subfamily

Dasypodinae Dasypodidae is a family of mostly extinct genera of armadillos. One genus, '' Dasypus'', is extant, with at least seven living species. __TOC__ Classification Below is a taxonomy of armadillos in this family. Family Dasypodidae *† Genu ...

**† Tribe '' Astegotheriini'' ***† Genus ''

Nanoastegotherium ''Nanoastegotherium'' is an extinct genus of cingulate, belonging to the family Dasypodidae, which includes the modern nine-banded armadillos. The name of the genus means "small ''Astegotherium''", referring to its small size, smaller than the m ...

'' ***† Genus '' Parastegosimpsonia'' ***† Genus '' Riostegotherium'' ***† Genus ''

'' ***† Genus '' Stegosimpsonia'' ** Tribe Dasypodini ***† Genus '' Anadasypus'' *** Genus '' Dasypus'' ***† Genus '' Pliodasypus'' ***† Genus '' Propraopus''

Phylogeny

Dasypodidae, like

Chlamyphoridae Chlamyphoridae is a family of cingulate mammals. While glyptodonts have traditionally been considered stem-group cingulates outside the group that contains modern armadillos, there had been speculation that the extant family Dasypodidae could b ...

, is a basal clade within Cinglata, as shown below. '' D. kappleri'' is basal within Dasypodidae.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q47867 Cingulates Taxa named by John Edward Gray Mammal families