Scelidotheriops Ameghino 1904 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142

Parent taxon: Scelidotheriinae according to F. Ameghino 1904

Sister taxa: Amnotherium, Analcitherium, Catonyx, Lymodon, Neonematherium, Proscelidodon, Scelidodon, Scelidotherium, Sibyllotherium, Valgipes

Subtaxa: Scelidotheriops avunculus

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Type: Scelidotheriops avunculus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Scelidotheriops in the database

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