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.