Chlamyphoridae, Bonaparte, 1850

Mora, José Manuel & Ruedas, Luis A., 2023, Updated list of the mammals of Costa Rica, with notes on recent taxonomic changes, Zootaxa 5357 (4), pp. 451-501 : 456

Chlamyphoridae

In an extensive analysis that included all xenarthran species, Gibb et al. (2016) proposed dividing armadillos (order Cingulata ) into two different families, Dasypodidae , including only Dasypus species, and Chlamyphoridae , including all other armadillos: Euphractinae, Chlamyphorinae, and Tolypeutinae . Gibb et al. (2016) suggested that this arrangement better reflects the hypothesized ancient divergence between the two putative families, estimated at ca. 44.9+3.5 Ma. The nomenclature of Gibb et al. (2016) rests on the priority of “Chlamyphorinae Bonaparte, 1850”. We note that the name coined by Bonaparte was “Chlamydophorina” [we were unable to secure a copy of Bonaparte 1850; this assertion rests on Bonaparte 1851 and fide Simpson 1945], based on an unjustified emendation of Chlamyphorus . Because of the latter, Chlamyphorus and Chlamyphodorus are objective synonyms. As a result, and as noted by Gibb et al. (2016), the authority for Chlamyphoridae thus would be Bonaparte, 1850, rather than Yepes 1928:11, pursuant to the latter’s use of the name Chlamyphorinae (temporally coincident with the use of the same name by Weber, 1928). “Chlamyphorini” was included within Dasypodidae : Euphractinae by Patterson & Pascual (1968).