Eutatus

Eutatus; Temporal range: Early Miocene-Late Pleistocene (Santacrucian-Lujanian); ~
	Eutatus punctatus skeleton
	Eutatus punctatus armour
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cingulata
Family:	Chlamyphoridae
Genus:	†Eutatus; Gervais 1867
Species
	E. carinatus Ameghino, 1891; E. crispianii Brambilla & Ibarra, 2017; E. deleo Ameghino, 1891; E. distans Ameghino, 1887; E. lagena Ameghino, 1887; E. pascuali Krmpotic et al., 2009; E. praepampaeus Ameghino, 1904; E. seguini Gervais, 1867;

Eutatus is an extinct genus of large armadillos of the family Chlamyphoridae. It was endemic to South America from the Early Miocene to Late Pleistocene, living from 17.5 Ma-11,000 years ago, with possible survival into the early Holocene (~ 7,500 BP) and existing for approximately 17.49 million years. Based on carbon isotope ratios, it is thought to have been an herbivore that fed on grasses.

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