Dasypodidae
Dasypodidae Temporal range: Early Eocene to present | |
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Dasypus novemcinctus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Cingulata Gray, 1821 |
Family: | Dasypodidae Gray, 1821 |
Type genus | |
Dasypus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Genera | |
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Dasypodidae is a family of mostly extinct genera of armadillos. One genus, Dasypus, is extant, with at least seven living species.
Classification
Below is a taxonomy of armadillos in this family.
- Family Dasypodidae
- † Genus Acantharodeia
- † Genus Amblytatus
- † Genus Archaeutatus
- † Genus Astegotherium
- † 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 Pliodasypus
- † Genus Propraopus
- † Tribe Astegotheriini
Phylogeny
Dasypodidae, like Chlamyphoridae, is a basal clade within Cinglata, as shown below. D. kappleri is basal within Dasypodidae.
Cladogram of Cingulata[1][2][3] |
References
- ^ Delsuc, F.; Gibb, G. C.; Kuch, M.; Billet, G.; Hautier, L.; Southon, J.; Rouillard, J.-M.; Fernicola, J. C.; Vizcaíno, S. F.; MacPhee, R. D.E.; Poinar, H. N. (2016-02-22). "The phylogenetic affinities of the extinct glyptodonts" (PDF). Current Biology. 26 (4): R155–R156. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.039. PMID 26906483.
- ^ Upham, Nathan S.; Esselstyn, Jacob A.; Jetz, Walter (2019). "Inferring the mammal tree: Species-level sets of phylogenies for questions in ecology, evolution and conservation". PLOS Biol. 17 (12): e3000494. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000494. PMC 6892540. PMID 31800571.
- ^ Gibb, Gillian C.; Condamine, Fabien L.; Kuch, Melanie; Enk, Jacob; Moraes-Barros, Nadia; Superina, Mariella; Poinar, Hendrik N.; Delsuc, Frédéric (2015). "Shotgun Mitogenomics Provides a Reference PhyloGenetic Framework and Timescale for Living Xenarthrans". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33 (3): 621–642. doi:10.1093/molbev/msv250. PMC 4760074. PMID 26556496.