Osteichthyes - 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
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-frugivore