Subfamily Tolypeutinae Gray 1865 (armadillo)
Mammalia - Xenarthra - Dasypodidae
Parent taxon: Dasypodidae according to A. D. Rincón et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Acantharodeia, Chalamydotheriinae, Chlamydophorina, Dasypina, Dasypodinae, Euphractinae, Euphractus, Macrochorobates, Ornithoryncina, Orycteropina, Peltephilinae, Prodasypus, Stegotheriopsis
Subtaxa: Kuntinaru, Priodontini, Tolypeutes, Tolypeutini
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore