Parent taxon: Scelidotheriinae according to A. R. Miño-Boilini et al. 2009
See also Carroll 1988, Corona et al. 2013, McDonald and Perea 2002, Oliver Schneider 1926 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Amnotherium, Analcitherium, Catonyx, Lymodon, Neonematherium, Proscelidodon, Scelidotheriops, Scelidotherium, Sibyllotherium, Valgipes
Subtaxa: Scelidodon almagroi Scelidodon chiliense Scelidodon chiliensis Scelidodon gracillimus Scelidodon patrius Scelidodon pendolai Scelidodon piauiensis Scelidodon rothi Scelidodon tarijensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (18 collections), Bolivia (4), Brazil (6), Chile (1), Ecuador (1), Paraguay (1), Peru (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1), Bolivia (1)
• Deseadan of Uruguay (1)
Total: 40 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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