diff --git a/AUTHORS.md b/AUTHORS.md
index 814201bb0a62..49e6c06021a0 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.md
+++ b/AUTHORS.md
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@
 - Oliver Bucklin <<obucklin@arch.ethz.ch>> [@obucklin](https://github.com/obucklin)
 - Dominik Reisach <<reisach@arch.ethz.ch>> [@dominikreisach](https://github.com/dominikreisach)
 - Eric Gozzi <<eric.gozzi@arch.ethz.ch>> [@ericgozzi](https://github.com/ericgozzi)
+- Daniel Nunes Locatelli <<nuneslocatelli@arch.ethz.ch>> [@daniel-locatelli](https://github.com/daniel-locatelli)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 48f846510721..46f5a93bc5c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+* Changed `Data.__dtype__` to delegate to `Data.__clstype__` (removes duplicated dtype format logic).
 * Changed `Tolerance` class to no longer use singleton pattern. `Tolerance()` now creates independent instances instead of returning the global `TOL`. 
 * Renamed `Tolerance.units` to `Tolerance.unit` to better reflect the documented properties. Left `units` with deprecation warning.
 * Fixed `NotImplementedErorr` when calling `BrepLoop.vertices`.
diff --git a/src/compas/data/data.py b/src/compas/data/data.py
index aaaf562f0bd1..44ad909235ae 100644
--- a/src/compas/data/data.py
+++ b/src/compas/data/data.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def __init__(self, name=None):
 
     @property
     def __dtype__(self):
-        return "{}/{}".format(".".join(self.__class__.__module__.split(".")[:2]), self.__class__.__name__)
+        return self.__clstype__()
 
     @classmethod
     def __clstype__(cls):