Eutatus
| 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 |
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Eutatus is an extinct
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]
Fossil distribution
The fossil remains are confined to
Gallery
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Limbs
References
Prehistoric mammals portal
- ^ a b Eutatus at Fossilworks.org
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- ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W.H. Freeman and Company
- ^ Coy Inlet at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Punta Hermengo at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Paso Otero-Pardo at Fossilworks.org
