Astegotherium Temporal range: Early-Late Eocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Cingulata |
Family: | Dasypodidae |
Tribe: | †Astegotheriini |
Genus: | †Astegotherium Ameghino, 1902 |
Type species | |
†Astegotherium dichotomus Ameghino, 1902
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Astegotherium is an extinct genus of xenarthran, belonging to the family Dasypodidae. It lived from the Early to the Middle Eocene, and its fossilized remains are found in Argentina.