Dasypus neogaeus

Dasypus neogaeus
Temporal range: Late Miocene (Huayquerian)
~9–6.8 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this 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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