Prior to being reclassified into Chlamyphoridae, fairy armadillos represented 22.5 % of the phylogenetic diversity of Dasypodidae at the genus level.
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While glyptodonts have traditionally been considered stem-group cingulates outside the group that contains modern armadillos, there had been speculation that the extant family Dasypodidae could be paraphyletic based on morphological evidence.
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Both the lesser pichiciego, Chlamyphorus truncatus, and the similar and slightly larger greater pichiciego, Chlamyphorus retusus, are fairy armadillos, the smallest members of the overall armadillo family, the Dasypodidae.
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