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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), Pujos (2000); it was recombined as Scelidodon bolivianum by Oliver (1934); it was recombined as Scelidodon chiliense by Marshall and Salinas Z (1991), 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), Pujos (2000); it was recombined as Scelidodon bolivianum by Oliver (1934); it was recombined as Scelidodon chiliense by Marshall and Salinas Z (1991), 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
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleistocene | Bolivia (Oruro) | Scelidodon chiliense (63761) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Chile (Region 1) | Scelidodon chiliense (type locality: 63760) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bolivia (Tarija) | Scelidodon chiliense (212838) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Argentina (San Luis) | Scelidodon chiliense (141949) |