Eutatus | |
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Eutatus punctatus skeleton | |
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Eutatus punctatus armour | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Cingulata |
Family: | Chlamyphoridae |
Genus: | †
Eutatus Gervais 1867 |
Species [1] | |
Eutatus is an extinct genus of large armadillos of the family Chlamyphoridae. It was endemic to South America from the Early Miocene to Late Pleistocene, living from 17.5 Ma-11,000 years ago, with possible survival into the early Holocene (~ 7,500 BP) [2] and existing for approximately 17.49 million years. [1] Based on carbon isotope ratios, it is thought to have been an herbivore that fed on grasses. [2]
Eutatus was named by Gervais (1867). The type species is E. seguini. It was assigned to Dasypodidae by Carroll (1988). [3]
The fossil remains are confined to Argentina and have been found in the Santacrucian Santa Cruz Formation, [4] Ensenadan Miramar Formation, [5] and the Lujanian Luján Formation. [6]