Eutatus
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Eutatus Temporal range: Late Pliocene-Late |
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| Eutatus seguini skull | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Xenarthra |
| Family: | Dasypodidae |
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†Eutatus Gervais (1867) |
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Eutatus is an extinct genus of large insectivorous armadillo of the family Dasypodidae. It was endemic to South America during the middle to , living from 1.2 Ma-11,000 years ago and existing for approximately 1.19 million years.
Eutatus was named by Gervais (1867). Its type is Eutatus seguini. It was assigned to Dasypodidae by Carroll (1988).
The fossil remains are confined to Argentina.
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