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Priodontini

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Priodontini was named by Gray (1873).

It was assigned to Tolypeutinae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Smith (2007) and Smith (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Priodontini Gray
1997Priodontini McKenna and Bell p. 85
2007Priodontini Smith p. 1
2011Priodontini Smith p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
—Dasypodoidea(Gray 1821)
familyDasypodidae()
subfamilyTolypeutinaeGray 1865
tribePriodontiniGray 1873
tribePriodontiniGray 1873

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. †Priodontini Gray 1873
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G. Cabassous McMurtie 1831 [naked-tailed armadillo]
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Cabassous centralis Miller 1899 [Northern naked-tailed armadillo]
Cabassous chacoensis Wetzel 1980 [Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo]
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Invalid names: Cabassous loricatus Yepes 1935 [synonym], Xenurus gymnurus Lahille 1899 [synonym]
Cabassous tatouay Desmarest 1804 [Greater naked-tailed armadillo]
Cabassous unicinctus Linnaeus 1758 [southern naked-tailed armadillo]
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Invalid names: Dasypus multicinctus Thunberg 1818 [synonym], Dasypus octodecimcinctus Erxleben 1777 [synonym], Dasypus undecimcinctus Illiger 1815 [synonym], Dasypus verrucosus Wagner 1844 [synonym], Xenurus duodecimcinctus Schreber 1774 [synonym], Ziphila lugubris Gray 1873 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ziphila Gray 1873 [synonym]
G. Priodontes Cuvier 1825 [giant armadillo]
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Priodontes maximus Kerr 1792 [giant armadillo]
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Invalid names: Dasypus gigans Schmid 1818 [synonym], Dasypus giganteus Geoffroy 1803 [synonym], Dasypus gigas Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Tatus grandis Olfers 1818 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:31:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Cabassous sp. (147815)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Priodontes maximus (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Cabassous centralis (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Priodontes maximus (21689)