Dasypodidae, from

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

δασύς (''dasús''), meaning "hair", and πούς (''poús''), meaning "foot", is a family of mostly extinct genera of

armadillo Armadillos () are New World placental mammals in the order (biology), order Cingulata. They form part of the superorder Xenarthra, along with the anteaters and sloths. 21 extant species of armadillo have been described, some of which are dis ...

s. One genus, ''

Dasypus ''Dasypus'' is the only extant genus in the family Dasypodidae. Its species are known as long-nosed or naked-tailed armadillos. They are found in South America, South, Central America, Central, and North America, as well as on the Caribbean islan ...

'', 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 Aqueduct (bridge), aqueducts. Similar to modern spirit levels, the choroba ...

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

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

'' **† 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- ...

'' **† 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 ''Stenotatus'' is an extinct genus of cingulate, belonging to the family Dasypodidae. It lived from the Early to the Late Miocene in South America. Description Stenotatus was a small to medium-sized armadillo, not exceeding in weight. It was s ...

'' **† Genus '' Utaetus'' ** Subfamily

Dasypodinae Dasypodidae, from Ancient Greek δασύς (''dasús''), meaning "hair", and πούς (''poús''), meaning "foot", is a family of mostly extinct genera of armadillos. One genus, ''Dasypus'', is extant, with at least seven living species. __TO ...

***† Tribe '' Astegotheriini'' ****† Genus '' Nanoastegotherium'' ****† Genus '' Parastegosimpsonia'' ****† Genus ''

Riostegotherium ''Riostegotherium'' was an extinct genus of armadillo from the Early to Late Eocene of South America. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Andesitas Huancache Formation of Argentina and in the Itaboraí Formation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ...

'' ****† Genus ''

Stegosimpsonia ''Stegosimpsonia'' is an extinct genus of armadillo in the family Dasypodidae from the Eocene epoch The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period ...

'' *** Tribe Dasypodini ****† Genus '' Anadasypus'' **** Genus ''

'' ****† 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 ...

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

References

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