Pseudarmadillo
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Pseudarmadillo Temporal range: Burdigalian? - Recent |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Delatorreidae |
| Genus: |
Pseudarmadillo Saussure, 1857 |
| Type species | |
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Pseudarmadillo carinulatus Saussure, 1857 |
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Pseudarmadillo is a genus of woodlice from the Greater Antilles. All extant species live in Cuba, with one species also extending to the Bahamas:
Two extinct species are also known from possibly Burdigalian age Dominican amber found on Hispaniola:
The genus is often considered a member of the Pseudarmadillidae, of which it is the only genus. It has also been placed, together with Cuzcodinella oryx in the family Delatorreidae, Delatorrea being a synonym of Pseudarmadillo.
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