Priodontes maximus Kerr 1792 (giant armadillo)
Mammalia - Placentalia - Dasypodidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 233757
Alternative combinations: Dasypus maximus, Priodon maximus
Synonyms: Cheloniscus gigas Cuvier 1817 (no. 233770), Dasypus gigans Schmid 1818 (no. 233773), Dasypus giganteus Geoffroy 1803 (no. 233759), Dasypus gigas Cuvier 1817 (no. 233761), Priodonta gigas Cuvier 1817 (no. 233763), Priodontes giganteus Geoffroy 1803 (no. 233760), Prionodon gigas Cuvier 1817 (no. 233768), Prionodontes gigas Cuvier 1817 (no. 233764), Prionodos gigas Cuvier 1817 (no. 233766), Tatus grandis Olfers 1818 (no. 233772)
Belongs to Priodontes according to P. Smith 2007
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Average measurements (in mm): scapula 130.0 x 140.0