PaleoDB taxon number: 43527
Alternative spellings: Dasipidae, Dasypidae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Dasypodoidea according to C. M. R. Herrera et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Amblytatus, Archaeutatus, Astegotherium, Chalamydotheriinae, Dasypina, Dasypodinae, Epipeltecoelus, Euphractinae, Euphractus, Lumbreratherium, Machlydotherium, Macrochorobates, Meteutatus attonsus, Ornithoryncina, Orycteropina, Pampatheriinae, Peltephilinae, Prodasypus, Proeuphractus, Prostegotherium, Prozaedyus, Pseudeutatus, Pseudostegotherium, Pucatherium, Punatherium, Stegotheriopsis, Stenotatus, Tolypeutinae, Utaetus, Zaedyus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore