†unranked clade Peltephilidae Ameghino 1894 (edentate)

Mammalia - Cingulata - Peltephilidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1894. Enumeration synoptique des especes de mammifères fossiles des formations éocènes de Patagonie. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba (Republica Argentina) 13:259-452

Parent taxon: Cingulata according to B. J. Shockey 2017

See also Ameghino 1897, Croft et al. 2007, Kramarz et al. 2005, Kramarz et al. 2010 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Chlamyphoridae, Dasypodoidea, Eocoleophorus, Euphracta, Glyptodonta, Glyptodontia, Noatherium, Pachyarmatheriidae, Proeocoleophorus, Saltatherium, Yuruatherium

Subtaxa: Anantiosodon Epipeltephilus Parapeltecoelus Peltecoelus Peltephilus Ronwolffia

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (26 collections), Bolivia (1), Chile (2)

• Deseadan of Argentina (1), Bolivia (7)

• Oligocene of Argentina (3), Peru (1)

• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (2)

Total: 44 collections including 54 occurrences

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