Tolypeutinae

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Tolypeutinae{{MSW3 Gardner | pages = 94–95}}

| fossil_range = Late Oligocene to present

| image = Giant armadillo.jpg

| image_caption = Captive giant armadillo in Colombia

| taxon = Tolypeutinae

| authority = Gray, 1865

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = *Cabassous McMurtrie, 1831

{{extinct}}Kuntinaru Billet et al., 2011
Priodontes F. Cuvier, 1825
Tolypeutes Illiger, 1811
{{extinct}}Vetelia Ameghino, 1891

| range_map = Tolypeutinae Range.jpg

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Tolypeutinae is a subfamily of armadillos in the family Chlamyphoridae, consisting of the giant, three-banded and naked-tailed armadillos.{{cite journal | last1=Moller-Krull|first1= M.|last2=Delsuc|first2=F.|last3=Churakov|first3=G.|last4=Marker|first4= C.|last5= Superina|first5=M.|last6=Brosius|first6=J.|last7=Douzery|first7=E. J. P.|last8= Schmitz|first8=J.| title = Retroposed Elements and Their Flanking Regions Resolve the Evolutionary History of Xenarthran Mammals (Armadillos, Anteaters, and Sloths) | url = https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/halsde-00315522/document| journal = Mol. Biol. Evol. | volume = 24 | issue = 11| pages = 2573–2582 | doi = 10.1093/molbev/msm201 | pmid=17884827 | date=November 2007|doi-access=free}}{{cite journal|last1=Gibb|first1=G. C.|last2=Condamine|first2=F. L.|last3=Kuch|first3= M.|last4=Enk|first4=J.|last5=Moraes-Barros|first5=N.|last6=Superina|first6= M.|last7=Poinar|first7=H. N.|last8=Delsuc|first8= F.|title=Shotgun Mitogenomics Provides a Reference Phylogenetic Framework and Timescale for Living Xenarthrans|journal=Molecular Biology and Evolution|volume=33|issue=3|date=2015-11-09|pages=621–642|doi=10.1093/molbev/msv250|pmid=26556496|pmc=4760074}}{{cite journal|last1=Delsuc|first1= F.|last2=Gibb|first2=G. C.|last3=Kuch|first3= M.|last4=Billet|first4= G.|last5= Hautier|first5=L.|last6=Southon|first6=J.|last7=Rouillard|first7=J.-M.|last8= Fernicola|first8=J. C.|last9=Vizcaíno|first9=S. F.|last10= MacPhee|first10=R. D. E.|last11=Poinar|first11=H. N.|title=The phylogenetic affinities of the extinct glyptodonts|journal=Current Biology|volume= 26|issue= 4|date=2016-02-22|pages=R155–R156|doi=10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.039|pmid= 26906483|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01879335|doi-access=free|hdl=11336/49579|hdl-access=free}}

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Taxonomy

It contains the following genera:{{ITIS |id=727508|taxon=Tolypeutinae |accessdate=18 March 2011}}

Cabassous
{{extinct}}Kuntinaru{{Cite journal|author=Guillaume Billet|author2=Lionel Hautier|author3=Christian de Muizon|author4=Xavier Valentin|name-list-style=amp |year=2011 |title=Oldest cingulate skulls provide congruence between morphological and molecular scenarios of armadillo evolution |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society |volume=278 |issue= 1719|pages= 2791–2797|doi=10.1098/rspb.2010.2443 |pmid=21288952 |pmc=3145180}}
Priodontes
Tolypeutes
{{extinct}}Vetelia{{Cite journal |last=Barasoain |first=Daniel |last2=González Ruiz |first2=Laureano |last3=Tomassini |first3=Rodrigo |last4=Zurita |first4=Alfredo |last5=Contreras |first5=Víctor |last6=Montalvo |first6=Claudia |date=2021 |title=First phylogenetic analysis of the Miocene armadillo Vetelia reveals novel affinities with Tolypeutinae |url=http://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app008292020.html |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=66 |issue=3|doi=10.4202/app.00829.2020|doi-access=free|hdl=11336/136645 |hdl-access=free }}