Dasypus bellus

Dasypus bellus
Dasypus bellus
Temporal range: late Pliocene to late Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Dasypodidae
Genus: Dasypus
Species: †D. bellus
(Simpson, 1930)
Binomial name
†Dasypus bellus
Synonyms

†Tatu bellus Simpson, 1930

Dasypus bellus is an extinct armadillo species endemic to North America and South America from the Pleistocene, living from 1.8 mya—11,000 years ago, existing for approximately 1.789 million years.[1]

Slightly larger than its cousin, the Nine-banded Armadillo.[2] Its fossils are known from Bolivia, Argentina, and Brazil to Florida. Records extend west to New Mexico and north to Iowa and Indiana.[3] It may have been able to roll up into a ball.

References

  1. ^ "The Paleobiology Database query for Dasypus bellus". http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=45559&is_real_user=1. Retrieved 2007-11-03. 
  2. ^ Illinois State Museum
  3. ^ "FaunMap query for Dasypus bellus". http://mapserver.museum.state.il.us/faunmapweb/faunmap.phtml?Age=ALL&Form=scientific&Taxon=DYbe&dist=y. Retrieved 2007-11-03. 

External links

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