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 seguini skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Xenarthra
Family:	Dasypodidae
Genus:	†Eutatus ; Gervais 1867
Species
	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 insectivorous 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 and existing for approximately 17.49 million years.^[1]

Taxonomy

Eutatus was named by Gervais (1867). The type species is E. seguini. It was assigned to Dasypodidae by Carroll (1988).^[2]

^ ^a ^b Eutatus at Fossilworks.org
^ 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