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Scelidotherium
Taxonomy
Scelidotherium was named by Owen (1839). Its type is Scelidotherium leptocephalum.
It was assigned to Mylomorpha by Cope (1889); to Megatheriidae by Lydekker (1894); to Scelidotheriidae by Paula Couto (1956); to Mylodontidae by Rovereto (1914) and Carroll (1988); and to Scelidotheriinae by Hoffstetter (1954), Gaudin (1995), Zurita et al. (2004), Varela et al. (2019) and Boscaini et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Mylomorpha by Cope (1889); to Megatheriidae by Lydekker (1894); to Scelidotheriidae by Paula Couto (1956); to Mylodontidae by Rovereto (1914) and Carroll (1988); and to Scelidotheriinae by Hoffstetter (1954), Gaudin (1995), Zurita et al. (2004), Varela et al. (2019) and Boscaini et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1839 | Scelidotherium Owen p. 73 |
| 1889 | Scelidotherium Cope p. 659 |
| 1894 | Scelidotherium Lydekker p. 85 |
| 1914 | Scelidotherium Rovereto p. 205 |
| 1954 | Scelidotherium Hoffstetter |
| 1956 | Scelidotherium Paula Couto p. 101 |
| 1988 | Scelidotherium Carroll |
| 1995 | Scelidotherium Gaudin |
| 2004 | Scelidotherium Zurita et al. |
| 2019 | Scelidotherium Boscaini et al. |
| 2019 | Scelidotherium Varela et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Scelidotherium Owen 1839
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†Scelidotherium australis Moreno 1888
†Scelidotherium bravardi Lydekker 1886
†Scelidotherium chapalmalense Ameghino 1908
†Scelidotherium cuvieri Lund 1839
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Invalid names: Megalonyx bucklandii Lund 1839 [synonym], Megalonyx minutus Lund 1839 [synonym], Platonyx brongniartii Lund 1842 [synonym], Platonyx owenii Lund 1842 [synonym], Scelidodon wingei Kraglievich 1923 [synonym]
†Scelidotherium elegans Moreno 1888
†Scelidotherium laevidens Moreno and Mercerat 1891
†Scelidotherium leptocephalum Owen 1839
†Scelidotherium modicum Ameghino 1885
†Scelidotherium patrium Ameghino 1888
†Scelidotherium pozzii Moreno 1888
†Scelidotherium reyesi Hoffstetter 1952
†Scelidotherium tarijense Gervais 1855
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available