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Mylodontinae
Taxonomy
Mylodontinae was named by Gill (1872). It is not extant. Its type is Mylodon.
It was assigned to Megatheriidae by Hay (1930); and to Mylodontidae by Frailey (1986), MacFadden et al. (1993), Gaudin (1995), Villarroel (2000), Zurita et al. (2004), Shockey and Anaya (2011), Varela et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Megatheriidae by Hay (1930); and to Mylodontidae by Frailey (1986), MacFadden et al. (1993), Gaudin (1995), Villarroel (2000), Zurita et al. (2004), Shockey and Anaya (2011), Varela et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1872 | Mylodontinae Gill |
| 1930 | Mylodontinae Hay p. 411 |
| 1986 | Mylodontinae Frailey p. 9 |
| 1993 | Mylodontinae MacFadden et al. p. 235 |
| 1995 | Mylodontinae Gaudin |
| 2000 | Mylodontinae Villarroel p. 118 |
| 2004 | Mylodontinae Zurita et al. |
| 2011 | Mylodontinae Shockey and Anaya |
| 2019 | Mylodontinae 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.
Subfm. †Mylodontinae Gill 1872
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G. †Archaeomylodon Brambilla and Ibarra 2018
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†Archaeomylodon sampedrinensis Brambilla and Ibarra 2018
G. †Bolivartherium Carlini et al. 2006
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†Bolivartherium codorensis Carlini et al. 2006
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Invalid names: Lestodon codorensis Linares 2004 [replaced]
†Bolivartherium urumaquensis Linares 2004
G. †Glossotherium Owen 1840
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†Glossotherium chapadmalense Kraglievich 1925
†Glossotherium domesticum Roth 1900
†Glossotherium emmersoni Esteban 1988
†Glossotherium garbanii Montellano and Carranza-Castaneda 1981
†Glossotherium phoenesis Cartelle et al. 2019
†Glossotherium robustum Owen 1842
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Invalid names: Glossotherium lettsomi Cabrera 1936 [synonym], Mylodon gracilis Burmeister 1865 [synonym], Pseudolestodon lettsomi Gervais and Ameghino 1880 [synonym], Pseudolestodon morenoii Gervais and Ameghino 1880 [synonym], Pseudolestodon myloides Gervais 1855 [synonym]
†Glossotherium tropicorum Hoffstetter 1952
†Glossotherium wegneri Spillmann 1931
Invalid names: Eumylodon Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Pseudolestodon Gervais and Ameghino 1880 [synonym]
G. †Lestodon Gervais 1855
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†Lestodon antiquus Ameghino 1885
†Lestodon armatus Gervais 1855
†Lestodon garrachicii Moreno 1888
†Lestodon myloides Gervais 1855
†Lestodon urumaquensis Linares 2004
Tr. †Mylodontini Saint-Andre 1994
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G. †Glossotheridium Kraglievich 1934
G. †Mylodon Owen 1859
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†Mylodon ambiguus Ameghino 1885
†Mylodon freudenbergi Hay 1930
†Mylodon martinii Moreno 1888
†Mylodon paranensis Ameghino 1883
†Mylodon renidens Cope 1895
†Mylodon sulcidens Cope 1895
Invalid names: Eubradys [synonym], Grypotherium [synonym], Neomylodon Ameghino 1898 [synonym]
G. †Oreomylodon Hoffstetter 1949
G. †Paramylodon Brown 1903
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†Paramylodon harlani Owen 1840 [Harlan's ground sloth]
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Invalid names: Eubradys antiquus Leidy 1853 [synonym], Megalonyx potens Leidy 1853 [synonym], Mylodon garmani Allen 1913 [synonym], Mylodon harlani tenuiceps Stock 1917 [invalid subgroup], Mylodon sodalis Cope 1878 [synonym], Mylodon tenuceps Stock 1917 [synonym], Oryctotherium missouriense Harlan 1841 [synonym], Oryctotherium oregonense Perkins 1843 [synonym], Paramylodon nebrascensis Brown 1903 [synonym]
G. †Pleurolestodon Rovereto 1914
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†Pleurolestodon acutidens Rovereto 1914
†Pleurolestodon avitus Rovereto 1914
†Pleurolestodon macrodon Rovereto 1914
G. †Prolestodon Kraglievich 1932
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†Prolestodon antiquus Ameghino 1885
†Prolestodon paranensis Ameghino 1889
G. †Simomylodon Saint-André et al. 2010
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†Simomylodon uccasamamensis Saint-André et al. 2010
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Invalid names: Pleurolestodon dalenzae Saint-André et al. 2010 [synonym]
G. †Stenodon Ameghino 1885
G. †Strabosodon Ameghino 1891
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†Strabosodon acuticavus Ameghino 1891
†Strabosodon obtusicavus Ameghino 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Colhuehuapian to the top of the Holocene or 21.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (310 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Mylodontinae indet. (189522) | |
| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Mylodon sp. (176565) | |
| Colloncuran | Argentina (Mendoza) | Mylodontinae indet. (145811) | |
| Colloncuran | Bolivia (Oruro) | Simomylodon uccasamamensis (68477) | |
| Colloncuran | Argentina (Río Negro) | Glossotheriopsis pascuali (140637) | |
| Laventan | Colombia | Glossotheriopsis pascuali (117981) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Glossotheriopsis pascuali (143795 186608 186627 186628 186664 186787 187945 187946 187949 187968) | |
| Tortonian | Brazil (Acre) | Ranculcus sp. (55602) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Chubut) | Mylodontinae indet. (122079) | |
| Tortonian | Ecuador (Azuay) | Mylodontinae indet. (230909 230910) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Kansas) | Paramylodon harlani (83072) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Arizona) | Paramylodon harlani (85144) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil | Lestodon armatus (54181) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | Brazil (Mato Grosso) | Glossotherium sp. (136521) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | Brazil (Bahia) | Glossotherium phoenesis (136498) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador | Glossotherium indet. (190069) Glossotherium sp., Glossotherium tropicorum (190067) Glossotherium tropicorum (190064) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Chile | Mylodon listai (71340) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lestodon sp. (191127) | |
| Holocene | Argentina | Mylodon listai (71343) | |
| Holocene | Chile (Ultima Esperanza) | Mylodon darwinii (151088) | |