Priodontes F. Cuvier, 1825 . Dentes des Mamm., p. 257.

TYPE SPECIES: Dasypus gigas G. Cuvier, 1817 (= Dasypus maximus Kerr, 1792), by monotypy.

SYNONYMS: Cheloniscus Wagler, 1830; Loricatus Desmarest, 1804 (part); Polygomphius Gloger, 1841; Priodon McMurtrie, 1831; Prionodos Gray, 1865 .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Wetzel (1985ft).