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Scelidodon chiliense

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Scelidotherium chilensis Lydekker
1886Scelidotherium chiliense Lydekker figs. Fig. 9a
1893Scelidotherium bolivianum Philippi figs. Fig. 9a
1894Scelidotherium chiliense Lydekker p. 92
1926Scelidodon chiliensis Oliver Schneider p. 146
1934Scelidodon bolivianum Oliver
1991Scelidodon chiliense Marshall and Salinas Z. p. 687
2000Scelidodon chiliensis Pujos
2009Scelidodon chiliense Miño-Boilini et al. p. 375 figs. 2 A-E
2013Catonyx chiliensis Corona et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
familyMylodontidaeAmeghino 1889
subfamilyScelidotheriinaeAmeghino 1889
genusScelidodonAmeghino 1881
specieschiliense()

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.

Scelidodon chiliense Lydekker 1886
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Diagnosis
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