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Dasypus Linnaeus 1758 (armadillo)

Mammalia - Placentalia - Dasypodidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 43535

Synonyms: Praopus Burmeister 1854 (no. 364454), Tatu (no. 52083), Tatusia Cuvier 1827 (no. 233575)

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Dasypodini according to A. D. Rincón et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Anadasypus, Pliodasypus, Propraopus

Subtaxa: Dasypus (Cryptophractus), Dasypus (Dasypus), Dasypus (Hyperoambon), Dasypus argentinus, Dasypus bellus, Dasypus hesternus, Dasypus longicaudatus, Dasypus moreni, Dasypus neogaeus, Dasypus patagonicus, Dasypus peba, Dasypus platensis, Dasypus proximus, Dasypus scalabrini, Dasypus villosus

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Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-frugivore