†tribe Stegotheriini Ameghino 1889 (edentate)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Alternative spellings: Stegotheridae, Stegotheriidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027

Parent taxon: Dasypoda according to F. Ameghino 1902

See also Ameghino 1889, Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Carlini et al. 2010, Kramarz et al. 2005 and Rincón et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Chlamydophoridae, Peltateloidea, Peltateloidea, Praopidae

Subtaxa: Stegotherium

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Type: Stegotherium

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (12 collections)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1)

• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (2)

Total: 16 collections including 24 occurrences

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