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Scelidodon chiliense
Taxonomy
Scelidotherium chiliense was named by Lydekker (1886). Its type specimen is NHMUK 2819, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pampa del Tamarugal (near Pica), which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Chile.
It was corrected as Scelidotherium chilensis by Lydekker (1886); it was corrected as Scelidotherium bolivianum by Philippi (1893); it was recombined as Scelidodon chiliensis by Oliver Schneider (1926) and Pujos (2000); it was recombined as Scelidodon bolivianum by Oliver (1934); it was recombined as Scelidodon chiliense by Marshall and Salinas Z (1991) and Miño-Boilini et al. (2009); it was recombined as Catonyx chiliensis by Corona et al. (2013).
It was corrected as Scelidotherium chilensis by Lydekker (1886); it was corrected as Scelidotherium bolivianum by Philippi (1893); it was recombined as Scelidodon chiliensis by Oliver Schneider (1926) and Pujos (2000); it was recombined as Scelidodon bolivianum by Oliver (1934); it was recombined as Scelidodon chiliense by Marshall and Salinas Z (1991) and Miño-Boilini et al. (2009); it was recombined as Catonyx chiliensis by Corona et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1886 | Scelidotherium chilensis Lydekker |
| 1886 | Scelidotherium chiliense Lydekker figs. Fig. 9a |
| 1893 | Scelidotherium bolivianum Philippi figs. Fig. 9a |
| 1894 | Scelidotherium chiliense Lydekker p. 92 |
| 1926 | Scelidodon chiliensis Oliver Schneider p. 146 |
| 1934 | Scelidodon bolivianum Oliver |
| 1991 | Scelidodon chiliense Marshall and Salinas Z. p. 687 |
| 2000 | Scelidodon chiliensis Pujos |
| 2009 | Scelidodon chiliense Miño-Boilini et al. p. 375 figs. 2 A-E |
| 2013 | Catonyx chiliensis Corona et al. |
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†Scelidodon chiliense Lydekker 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available