Dasypodidae


Dasypodidae, from Ancient Greek δασύς, meaning "hair", and πούς, meaning "foot", 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''

    Phylogeny

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