Utaetus

Utaetus Temporal range: Late Paleocene to Late Eocene (Selandian–Priabonian) 60–36 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cingulata
Family:	Dasypodidae
Genus:	†Utaetus Ameghino 1902
Type species
†Utaetus buccatus Ameghino 1902
Species
U. buccatus Ameghino, 1902 (type) U. magnum Herrera et al., 2021 Dubious species U. deustus Ameghino 1902 U. laevus Ameghino 1902 U. lenis Ameghino 1902
Synonyms
Anteutatus Ameghino 1902 Orthutaetus Ameghino 1902 Posteutatus Ameghino 1902

Utaetus is an extinct genus of mammal in the order Cingulata, related to the modern armadillos. The genus contains two species, Utaetus buccatus and U. magnum. It lived in the Late Paleocene to Late Eocene (about 60 to 36 million years ago) and its fossil remains were found in Argentina and Brazil in South America.^[1]