Eutatus

Eutatus; Temporal range: Early Miocene-Late Pleistocene (Santacrucian-Lujanian); ~17.5–0.012 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Eutatus punctatus skeleton
	Eutatus punctatus armour
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cingulata
Family:	Dasypodidae
Genus:	†Eutatus; Gervais 1867
Species[1]
	E. carinatus Ameghino, 1891; E. crispianii Brambilla & Ibarra, 2017; E. deleo Ameghino, 1891; E. distans Ameghino, 1887; E. lagena Ameghino, 1887; E. pascuali Krmpotic et al., 2009; E. praepampaeus Ameghino, 1904; E. seguini Gervais, 1867;

Eutatus is an extinct genus of large 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, 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]

Taxonomy

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]

Eutatus at Fossilworks.org
Prado, J. L.; Martinez-Maza, C.; Alberdi, M. T. (2015). "Megafauna extinction in South America: A new chronology for the Argentine Pampas". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 425: 41–49. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.02.026.
R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W.H. Freeman and Company
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