Dasypodidae

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Dasypodidae Temporal range: Early Eocene to present
Dasypus novemcinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cingulata Gray, 1821
Family:	Dasypodidae Gray, 1821
Type genus
Dasypus Linnaeus, 1758
Genera
See text.
Dasypodidae distribution

Dasypodidae is a family of mostly extinct genera of armadillos. One genus, Dasypus, is extant, with eight living species.

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

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.

References