Parent taxon: Scelidotheriinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Boscaini et al. 2019, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Gaudin 1995, Hoffstetter 1954, Lydekker 1894, Paula Couto 1956, Rovereto 1914 and Zurita et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Amnotherium, Analcitherium, Catonyx, Lymodon, Neonematherium, Proscelidodon, Scelidodon, Scelidotheriops, Sibyllotherium, Valgipes
Subtaxa: Scelidotherium australis Scelidotherium bravardi Scelidotherium chapalmalense Scelidotherium cuvieri Scelidotherium elegans Scelidotherium laevidens Scelidotherium leptocephalum Scelidotherium modicum Scelidotherium patrium Scelidotherium pozzii Scelidotherium reyesi Scelidotherium tarijense
Type: Scelidotherium leptocephalum
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (36 collections), Bolivia (1), Brazil (2), Ecuador (1), Panama (1), Paraguay (1), Peru (6), South Atlantic (1), Uruguay (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (2)
Total: 52 collections including 61 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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