Tolypeutinae

Tolypeutinae is a subfamily of armadillos in the family Chlamyphoridae, consisting of the giant, three-banded and naked-tailed armadillos.

Tolypeutinae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
DasypodidaePBDB
Diet
insectivorePBDB, for Dasypodidae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Dasypodidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 23 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 33.9 Mya to 0 Mya.

Eocene — about 0 of 59 occurrencesOligocene — about 3 of 59 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 26 of 59 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 2 of 59 occurrencesPleistocene — about 22 of 59 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences31–30 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 3 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 2 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 3 occurrences12–10 Mya — about 2 occurrences10–9.2 Mya — about 2 occurrences9.2–8.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences8.1–6.9 Mya — about 4 occurrences6.9–5.8 Mya — about 5 occurrences5.8–4.6 Mya — about 3 occurrences4.6–3.5 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences3.5–2.3 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences2.3–1.2 Mya — about 3 occurrences1.2–0 Mya — about 25 occurrences23.04 Mya11.7 ka34.6 Mya0 Mya

59 occurrences of Tolypeutinae on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

59 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

23 formations

Cerro Azul — 36.25°S, 65.51°WCerro Azul — 37.37°S, 65.47°WCerro Azul — 36.56°S, 67.09°WCerro Azul — 37.10°S, 65.74°WCerro Azul — 37.14°S, 65.77°WLa Victoria — 3.32°N, 75.17°WLa Victoria — 3.30°N, 75.13°WChiquimil — 26.80°S, 66.07°WChiquimil — 27.22°S, 66.93°WChiquimil — 27.11°S, 66.83°WSanta Cruz — 50.23°S, 72.37°WSanta Cruz — 50.97°S, 69.17°WSanta Cruz — 50.05°S, 71.78°WNuapua — 20.75°S, 63.07°WNuapua — 20.87°S, 63.07°WLujan — 34.60°S, 59.15°WLujan — 38.75°S, 60.60°WPalo Pintado — 25.37°S, 65.92°WVillavieja — 3.23°N, 75.18°WAgua Blanca — 38.48°S, 61.80°WArroyo Chasicó — 38.62°S, 62.98°WPozo — 7.33°S, 74.95°WChambira — 7.32°S, 74.93°WPebas — 7.36°S, 74.96°WSalla — 17.18°S, 67.63°WLagunilla del Plata — 31.05°S, 62.56°WLa Invernada — 33.24°S, 62.42°WMiramar — 38.17°S, 57.65°WEl Morterito — 26.57°S, 66.33°WCerro Boleadoras — 47.00°S, 71.62°WToro Negro — 28.61°S, 68.24°WLoma de Las Tapias — 31.47°S, 68.67°WSan Andres — 38.12°S, 57.70°WYupoi — 28.60°S, 59.03°W

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The named rock units Tolypeutinae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 22 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Tolypeutinae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Tolypeutinae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

705 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 51 sites for Tolypeutinae, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

46 references

Each of the 59 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 34 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Tolypeutinae

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

No 3D scan of Tolypeutinae was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Gray 1865