Scelidotherium reyesi Hoffstetter 1952 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Full reference: R. Hoffstetter. 1952. Les Mammiferes Pleistocenes de la Republique de L´Equateur. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 66:1-391

Belongs to Scelidotherium according to R. Hoffstetter 1952

Sister taxa: Scelidotherium australis, Scelidotherium bravardi, Scelidotherium chapalmalense, Scelidotherium cuvieri, Scelidotherium elegans, Scelidotherium laevidens, Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Scelidotherium modicum, Scelidotherium patrium, Scelidotherium pozzii, Scelidotherium tarijense

Type specimen: EPN V137, a mandible.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at La Carolina (Quaternary of Ecuador)

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