Analcitherium Ameghino 1891 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328

Parent taxon: Scelidotheriinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019

See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894 and Carroll 1988

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

Subtaxa: Analcitherium antarticum

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Type: Analcitherium antarticum

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Analcitherium in the database

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