Dasypodidae

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

Dasypodidae
Dasypus novemcinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cingulata Gray, 1821
Family:	Dasypodidae Gray, 1821
Genera
†Acantharodeia †Amblytatus †Anadasypus †Archaeutatus †Astegotherium †Barrancatatus †Chasicotatus †Chorobates †Coelutaetus Dasypus †Eocoleophorus †Epipeltecoelus †Eutatus †Hemiutaetus †Isutaetus †Lumbreratherium †Macrochorobates †Mazzoniphractus †Meteutatus †Nanoastegotherium †Parastegosimpsonia †Pedrolypeutes †Pliodasypus †Prodasypus †Proeutatus †Propraopus †Prostegotherium †Pucatherium †Punatherium †Riostegotherium †Stegotherium †Stenotatus †Utaetus †Vetelia

Classification

Below is a taxonomy of armadillos in this family.

Family Dasypodidae

• † Genus Acantharodeia
• † Genus Amblytatus
• † Genus Archaeutatus
• † Genus Astegotherium
• † 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
• † Genus Vetelia
• Subfamily Dasypodinae
  • † Tribe Astegotheriini
    • † Genus Nanoastegotherium
    • † Genus Parastegosimpsonia
    • † Genus Riostegotherium
    • † Genus Stegosimpsonia
  • Tribe Dasypodini
    • † Genus Anadasypus
    • Genus Dasypus
    • † Genus Pliodasypus
    • † Genus Propraopus

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]

Cingulata  Dasypodidae Dasypus D. (Hyperoambon)   D. kappleri     D. (Dasypus)     D. septemcinctus     D. hybridus           D. yepesi     D. sabanicola         D. novemcinctus     D. pilosus              Chlamyphoridae    Euphractinae       †Glyptodontinae       Chlamyphorinae     Tolypeutinae

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References

1. 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". Current Biology. 26 (4): R155–R156. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.039. PMID 26906483.
2. 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.
3. 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.