Temporal range: Late Miocene (Huayquerian) ~9–6.8 Ma
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Cingulata
Family:
Dasypodidae
Genus:
Dasypus
Species:
†D. neogaeus
Binomial name
†Dasypus neogaeus
Ameghino, 1891
Dasypus neogaeus is an extinct species of armadillo, belonging to the genus Dasypus, alongside the modern nine-banded armadillo. The only known fossil is a single osteoderm, though it has been lost, that was found in the Late Miocene strata of Argentina.[1]
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Dasypusneogaeus is an extinct species of armadillo, belonging to the genus Dasypus, alongside the modern nine-banded armadillo. The only known fossil...
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