Euphractinae

Euphractinae is an armadillo subfamily in the family Chlamyphoridae.

Euphractinae
Temporal range: Middle Eocene (Casamayoran)-Recent
~37.2–0 Ma
Chaetophractus vellerosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cingulata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Subfamily: Euphractinae
Winge 1923
Genera

Taxonomy

It contains the following genera:[1]

Extinct genera include:[2]

Phylogeny

A mitochondrial DNA investigation has concluded that Euphractinae is the sister group of a clade consisting of Chlamyphorinae (fairy armadillos) and Tolypeutinae (giant, three-banded and naked-tailed armadillos)[3] along with extinct glyptodonts,[4] as shown below.

Cladogram[4][5][6]
 Cingulata 

Dasypodidae

 Chlamyphoridae 
 Euphractinae 

Euphractus sexcinctus

Chaetophractus villosus

Zaedyus pichiy

Chaetophractus nationi

C. vellerosus

Glyptodontinae (Doedicurus)

 Chlamyphorinae 

Chlamyphorus truncatus

Calyptophractus retusus

Tolypeutinae

Priodontes maximus

Tolypeutes

T. tricinctus

T. matacus

 Cabassous 

C. tatouay

C. chacoensis

C. centralis

C. unicinctus

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References

  1. "Euphractinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  2. Mitchell, Kieren J.; Scanferla, Agustin; Soibelzon, Esteban; Bonini, Ricardo; Ochoa, Javier; Cooper, Alan (2016). "Ancient DNA from the extinct South American giant glyptodont Doedicurus sp. (Xenarthra: Glyptodontidae) reveals that glyptodonts evolved from Eocene armadillos". Molecular Ecology. 25 (14): 3499–3508. doi:10.1111/mec.13695. PMID 27158910.
  3. Gibb, G. C.; Condamine, F. L.; Kuch, M.; Enk, J.; Moraes-Barros, N.; Superina, M.; Poinar, H. N.; Delsuc, F. (2015-11-09). "Shotgun Mitogenomics Provides a Reference Phylogenetic Framework and Timescale for Living Xenarthrans". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33 (3): 621–642. doi:10.1093/molbev/msv250. PMC 4760074. PMID 26556496.
  4. Delsuc, F.; Gibb, G. C.; Kuch, M.; Billet, G.; Hautier, L.; Southon, J.; Rouillard, J.-M.; Fernicola, J. C.; Vizcaíno, S. F.; MacPhee, R. D. E.; Poinar, H. N. (2016-02-22). "The phylogenetic affinities of the extinct glyptodonts". Current Biology. 26 (4): R155–R156. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.039. PMID 26906483.
  5. Upham, Nathan S.; Esselstyn, Jacob A.; Jetz, Walter (2019). "Inferring the mammal tree: Species-level sets of phylogenies for questions in ecology, evolution and conservation". PLoS Biol. 17 (12). doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000494.
  6. Gibb, Gillian C.; Condamine, Fabien L.; Kuch, Melanie; Enk, Jacob; Moraes-Barros, Nadia; Superina, Mariella; Poinar, Hendrik N.; Delsuc, Frédéric (2015). "Shotgun Mitogenomics Provides a Reference PhyloGenetic Framework and Timescale for Living Xenarthrans". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33 (3).
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