Synonym: Elassotherium Cabrera 1939
Parent taxon: Scelidotheriinae according to C. I. Montalvo et al. 2020
See also Cabrera 1939, Carroll 1988, MacFadden et al. 1993, Pujos et al. 2012 and Varela et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Amnotherium, Analcitherium, Catonyx, Lymodon, Neonematherium, Scelidodon, Scelidotheriops, Scelidotherium, Sibyllotherium, Valgipes
Subtaxa: Proscelidodon gracillimus Proscelidodon patrius Proscelidodon rothi
Type: Proscelidodon patrius
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (14 collections), Bolivia (1), Peru (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (20)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (4)
Total: 41 collections including 42 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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