†subfamily Scelidotheriinae Ameghino 1889 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Alternative spellings: Scelidotheridae, Scelidotheriidae

Parent taxon: Mylodontidae according to T. J. Gaudin 1995

See also Ameghino 1891, MiƱo-Boilini et al. 2009, Paula Couto 1956 and Zurita et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Chubutherium, Lestodontinae, Lestodontini, Magdalenabradys, Mirandabradys zabasi, Mylodontinae, Nematheriinae, Nematherium, Orophodon, Orophodontinae, Paraglossotherium, Pseudoprepotherium, Scelidotheridium, Urumacotheriinae

Subtaxa: Amnotherium Analcitherium Catonyx Lymodon Neonematherium Proscelidodon Scelidodon Scelidotheriops Scelidotherium Sibyllotherium Valgipes

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (56 collections), Bolivia (7), Brazil (22), Chile (1), Ecuador (2), Panama (1), Paraguay (2), Peru (12), Uruguay (6)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (1)

• Pliocene of Argentina (8), Bolivia (2), Colombia (1), Peru (1)

• Montehermosan of Argentina (9), Uruguay (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (28), Chile (1), Colombia (20)

• Deseadan of Uruguay (1)

Total: 183 collections including 232 occurrences

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