Dasypus bellus

Dasypus bellus
Temporal range: Mid-Late Pleistocene (Irvingtonian-Rancholabrean)
~1.8–0.012 Ma
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Skull seen from two angles
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Dasypodidae
Genus: Dasypus
Species:
†D. bellus
Binomial name
†Dasypus bellus
Simpson 1930
Synonyms

Dasypus bellus, the beautiful armadillo,[2] 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.[3]

Slightly larger than its living relative, the nine-banded armadillo,[2] its fossils are known from Florida and records extend west to New Mexico and north to Iowa and Indiana.[4]

  1. ^ Simpson, George Gaylord (1929). "Pleistocene mammalian fauna of the Seminole Field, Pinellas County, Florida". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 56: 579–580. hdl:2246/1326.
  2. ^ a b Illinois State Museum
  3. ^ "The Paleobiology Database query for Dasypus bellus". Retrieved 2007-11-03.
  4. ^ "FaunMap query for Dasypus bellus". Archived from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2007-11-03.