Parutaetus oliveirai Klimeck et al. 2024 (armadillo)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Full reference: T. D. F. Klimeck, M. R. Ciancio, F. A. Sedor and L. Kerber. 2024. Revealing the diversity of Paleogene cingulates from Brazil: a new species of Parutaetus (Euphractinae) in the Guabirotuba Formation (middle–late Eocene). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 44(1)

Belongs to Parutaetus according to T. D. F. Klimeck et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Parutaetus chicoensis, Parutaetus chilensis, Parutaetus clusus, Parutaetus punaensis, Parutaetus signatus

Type specimen: MCN.P.1317, an osteoderm (fixed osteoderm of the pelvic buckler). Its type locality is Curitiba, which is in a Bartonian floodplain mudstone/sandstone in the Guabirotuba Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution: found only at Curitiba

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