Parent taxon: Mylodontidae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Frailey 1986, Gaudin 1995, Hay 1930, MacFadden et al. 1993, Shockey and Anaya 2011, Villarroel 2000 and Zurita et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Chubutherium, Lestodontinae, Lestodontini, Magdalenabradys, Mirandabradys zabasi, Nematheriinae, Nematherium, Orophodon, Orophodontinae, Paraglossotherium, Pseudoprepotherium, Scelidotheridium, Scelidotheriinae, Urumacotheriinae
Subtaxa: Archaeomylodon Bolivartherium Glossotherium Lestobradys Lestodon Megabradys Morotherium Mylodonopsis Mylodontini Oreomylodon Paramylodon Pleurolestodon Prolestodon Promylodon Ranculcus Simomylodon Stenodon Strabosodon Thinobadistes
Type: Mylodon
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (49 collections), Bolivia (8), Brazil (23), Canada (1: Alberta), Chile (7), Ecuador (19), Guatemala (2), Mexico (6), Panama (1), Paraguay (3), Peru (6), United States (90: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington), Uruguay (9), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of Mexico (4), United States (17: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, New Mexico, Texas)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Uruguay (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (10), Bolivia (5), Peru (1), United States (1: Texas)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (5)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (7: Florida, Nebraska, Texas)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (2), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (7), Bolivia (2), Brazil (1), Colombia (11), Ecuador (2), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (2)
Total: 306 collections including 355 occurrences