Eutatus

Eutatus
Temporal range: Early Miocene-Late Pleistocene (Santacrucian-Lujanian)
~17.5–0.012 Ma
Eutatus seguini skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Xenarthra
Family: Dasypodidae
Genus: †Eutatus
Gervais 1867
Species[1]

Eutatus is an extinct genus of large insectivorous armadillos of the family Dasypodidae. It was endemic to South America from the Early Miocene to Late Pleistocene, living from 17.5 Ma-11,000 years ago and existing for approximately 17.49 million years.[1]

Taxonomy

Eutatus was named by Gervais (1867). The type species is E. seguini. It was assigned to Dasypodidae by Carroll (1988).[2]

Fossil distribution

The fossil remains are confined to Argentina and have been found in the Santacrucian Santa Cruz Formation,[3] Ensenadan Miramar Formation,[4] and the Lujanian Luján Formation.[5]

  • Limbs

References

  1. 1 2 Eutatus at Fossilworks.org
  2. ↑ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W.H. Freeman and Company
  3. ↑ Coy Inlet at Fossilworks.org
  4. ↑ Punta Hermengo at Fossilworks.org
  5. ↑ Paso Otero-Pardo at Fossilworks.org
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