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Scelidotheriinae
Taxonomy
Scelidotheriinae was named by Ameghino (1889).
It was reranked as the family Scelidotheridae by Ameghino (1891); it was reranked as the subfamily Scelidotheriidae by Paula Couto (1956).
It was assigned to Gravigrada by Ameghino (1891); to Mylodontoidea by Paula Couto (1956); and to Mylodontidae by Gaudin (1995), Zurita et al. (2004) and Miño-Boilini et al. (2009).
It was reranked as the family Scelidotheridae by Ameghino (1891); it was reranked as the subfamily Scelidotheriidae by Paula Couto (1956).
It was assigned to Gravigrada by Ameghino (1891); to Mylodontoidea by Paula Couto (1956); and to Mylodontidae by Gaudin (1995), Zurita et al. (2004) and Miño-Boilini et al. (2009).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1889 | Scelidotheriinae Ameghino |
1891 | Scelidotheridae Ameghino p. 38 |
1956 | Scelidotheriidae Paula Couto p. 101 |
1995 | Scelidotheriinae Gaudin |
2004 | Scelidotheriinae Zurita et al. |
2009 | Scelidotheriinae Miño-Boilini et al. p. 375 |
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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. †Scelidotheriinae Ameghino 1889
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G. †Amnotherium Ameghino 1891
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†Amnotherium aculeatum Ameghino 1894
†Amnotherium declivum Ameghino 1894
†Amnotherium profundatum Ameghino 1891
G. †Catonyx Ameghino 1891
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†Catonyx chiliensis Lydekker 1886
†Catonyx cuvieri Lund 1839
†Catonyx tarijensis Ameghino 1891
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Invalid names: Scelidotherium capellini Gervais and Ameghino 1880 [synonym]
G. †Proscelidodon Bordas 1935
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†Proscelidodon gracillimus Rovereto 1914
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Invalid names: Elassotherium altirostre Cabrera 1939 [synonym], Proscelidodon almagroi Rovereto 1914 [synonym]
†Proscelidodon patrius Ameghino 1888
†Proscelidodon rothi Kraglievich 1923
Invalid names: Elassotherium Cabrera 1939 [synonym]
G. †Scelidodon Ameghino 1881
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†Scelidodon almagroi Rovereto 1914
†Scelidodon chiliense Lydekker 1886
†Scelidodon chiliensis Lydekker 1886
†Scelidodon gracillimus Rovereto 1914
†Scelidodon patrius Ameghino 1891
†Scelidodon pendolai Rovereto 1914
†Scelidodon piauiensis Guérin and Faure 2004
†Scelidodon rothi Ameghino 1908
†Scelidodon tarijensis Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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
G. †Sibyllotherium Scillato-Yané and Carlini 1998
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†Sibyllotherium guenguelianum Scillato-Yané and Carlini 1998
G. †Valgipes Gervais 1874
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†Valgipes bucklandi Lund 1839
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Invalid names: Platyonyx bucklandi Lund 1842 [replaced], Valgipes deformis Gervais 1874 [synonym]
Invalid names: Myrmecophaga gigantea Lund 1839 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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A. R. Miño-Boilini et al. 2009 | Skull low, long and narrow; dental formula 5/4 with tooth rows parallel; no modification of first cheek tooth into caniniform and no diastema between first and second teeth; M1 elliptical in cross section; quadrangular and antero-posteriorly compressed femur, with concave facet of the astragalus for the cuboid astragalus with concave surface for cuboit in advanced genera (PASCUAL et al. 1966; MCDONALD 1987). |
Measurements
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Collections (185 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Deseadan | Uruguay | Scelidodon sp. (176487) | |
Friasian | Chile | Neonematherium sp. (176666) | |
Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Neonematherium flabellatum (13650 186609 186626 186630 186788 187888 187945 187949 187970 187971 187972 187973) Neonematherium sp. (133648 133689 187721) | |
Laventan | Colombia | Neonematherium flabellatum (13684 13687 13739 13750 117981) | |
Mayoan | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Sibyllotherium guenguelianum (141933) | |
Chasicoan | Argentina (San Juan) | Scelidotheriinae indet. (198596) | |
Huayquerian | Argentina (La Pampa) | Elassotherium altirostre (87198) Elassotherium sp., Proscelidodon gracillimus (152061) Proscelidodon gracillimus (140925 151498 151500 192135 204363 204598 210572) Proscelidodon sp. (206031) Scelidotheriinae indet. (13778) | |
Huayquerian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Elassotherium altirostre (87200 206316 206318 207619) Proscelidodon gracillimus (210573 211640) | |
Huayquerian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Proscelidodon sp. (231327) | |
Huayquerian | Argentina (Catamarca) | Proscelidodon almagroi (87201) Proscelidodon gracillimus (198543) Proscelidodon sp. (157794) | |
Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Scelidotheriinae indet. (55600) | |
Messinian | Argentina (Jujuy) | Proscelidodon patrius (152079) Proscelidodon sp. (232410) | |
Messinian | Argentina (La Pampa) | Proscelidodon gracillimus (152067) Scelidotheriinae indet., Proscelidodon gracillimus (141939) | |
Messinian - Zanclean | Argentina (La Rioja) | Proscelidodon sp. (152263) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Proscelidodon patrius (191765) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Peru (Espinar) | Proscelidodon sp. (231813) | |
Zanclean | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Proscelidodon patrius (191776) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Argentina (Santa Fe) | Catonyx tarijensis, Scelidodon tarijensis (204258) | |
Montehermosan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Proscelidodon patrius (152062 152081 152086 152088 198687 198863 199153) | |
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Catamarca) | Scelidotherium pendolai (157795) | |
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Cordoba) | Proscelidodon patrius (211574) | |
Montehermosan - Ensenadan | Uruguay (San José) | Catonyx tarijensis (139924) | |
Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Proscelidodon patrius (198854) Proscelidodon rothi (202333) Proscelidodon sp. (199154 199156) | |
Chapadmalalan | Bolivia (Linares) | Proscelidodon patrius (71112) | |
Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Córdoba) | Scelidotherium sp. (232041) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Scelidodon sp. (53926) | |
Piacenzian | Colombia (La Guajira) | Scelidotheriinae indet. (166508) | |
Piacenzian | Bolivia (La Paz) | Scelidodon tarijensis (70653) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Bolivia (Tarija ) | Scelidodon tarijensis (70673) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Bolivia | Scelidotherium patrium, Scelidotherium tarijense (142016) | |
Pleistocene (glacial) | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Scelidotherium cuvieri, Valgipes deformis (140474) | |
Pleistocene | Paraguay | Scelidodon sp. (191113) Scelidotherium sp. (71292) | |
Pleistocene | Argentina (Santa Fe) | Scelidotherium leptocephalum (232458) | |
Pleistocene | Peru (Huancavelica) | Scelidodon chiliensis (145573) | |
Pleistocene | Brazil (Paraiba) | Scelidodon sp. (71298) | |
Pleistocene | Brazil (Sergipe) | Catonyx cuvieri (187597) | |
Pleistocene | Argentina (Salta) | Catonyx tarijensis (212774) | |
Pleistocene | Peru (Huanuco) | Scelidotherium sp. 1 (145576) | |
Pleistocene | Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) | Catonyx cuvieri (230758) | |
Pleistocene | Peru (Cusco) | Scelidotheriinae indet. (146609) | |
Pleistocene | Peru (Ayacucho) | Scelidotherium tarijense (146602) | |
Pleistocene | Peru (Pasco) | Scelidodon chiliensis (145583) Scelidotherium sp. (145577) | |
Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Scelidotheriinae indet., Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Catonyx tarijensis, Scelidotherium bravardi (212469) Scelidotherium bravardi (232457) Scelidotherium leptocephalum (232456) Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Catonyx tarijensis (232453) Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Catonyx tarijensis, Scelidodon tarijensis (212462) | |
Pleistocene | Brazil (Ceara) | Catonyx cuvieri (236300) Scelidodon sp. (71302) | |
Pleistocene | Brazil (Rio Grande de Sul) | Catonyx cuvieri (182161) | |
Pleistocene | Bolivia (Oruro) | Scelidodon chiliense (63761) | |
Pleistocene | Argentina (San Luis) | Scelidotherium bravardi (212834) | |
Pleistocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte) | Valgipes bucklandi (212567) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Piauí) | Scelidodon piauiensis (211633) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Argentina | Scelidotherium sp. (216677) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Sao Paulo) | Catonyx cuvieri (147609) | |
Ensenadan | Bolivia | Scelidodon sp. (71323) | |
Ensenadan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Catonyx tarijensis (212461) Catonyx tarijensis, Scelidodon tarijensis (210228) Catonyx tarijensis, Scelidotherium bravardi, Scelidodon tarijensis (147999) Scelidodon sp. (170007) Scelidodon sp., Catonyx tarijensis (212772) Scelidodon sp., Scelidotherium sp. (199170) Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Catonyx tarijensis, Catonyx cuvieri (213446) Scelidotherium sp. (189518) Scelidotherium sp., Scelidotheriinae indet., Catonyx tarijensis, Scelidotherium bravardi (86306) | |
Ensenadan | Argentina | Scelidodon sp. (213464) | |
Ensenadan | Argentina (Jujuy) | Scelidotherium sp. (141898) | |
Ensenadan | Argentina (Cordoba) | Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Catonyx tarijensis (123831) | |
Ensenadan - Lujanian | Argentina | Scelidodon sp., Scelidotherium sp., Catonyx tarijensis, Scelidotherium bravardi (203949) | |
Ensenadan - Lujanian | Argentina (Corrientes) | Scelidodon sp. (71288) | |
Lujanian | Peru (Puno) | Mylodontinae sp. (145248) | |
Lujanian | Argentina (Chaco) | Scelidotherium sp., Scelidotherium leptocephalum (78578) | |
Lujanian | Argentina | Scelidotheriinae indet., Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Scelidodon tarijensis (204208) | |
Lujanian | Argentina (Cordoba) | Scelidotheriinae indet. (197918) Scelidotherium leptocephalum (197920) Scelidotherium sp. (197919 197921) | |
Lujanian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Scelidotherium leptocephalum (63337 71303 71347 212835) Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Catonyx tarijensis, Scelidotherium tarijense (198875) Scelidotherium sp. (37999 71314) | |
Lujanian (glacial) | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Scelidodon sp., Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Catonyx tarijensis (140934) | |
Lujanian | Peru (Piura) | Scelidotherium sp., Scelidodon chiliensis (145500) | |
Lujanian | Argentina (Entre Ríos) | Scelidodon sp. (203955 212840) | |
Lujanian | Argentina (Salta) | Scelidotherium leptocephalum (212836) | |
Lujanian | Argentina (Catamarca) | Scelidotheriinae indet. (140929) | |
Lujanian | Peru (La Libertad) | Scelidodon chiliensis (145505) | |
Lujanian | Uruguay | Catonyx sp. (211644) Scelidotherium sp. (71325) | |
Lujanian | Argentina (Corrientes) | Catonyx tarijensis (211638) Scelidodon sp., Catonyx tarijensis (212773) Scelidodon sp., Scelidotherium sp. (212837) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Brazil (Bahia) | Scelidotherium sp. (71295) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Scelidotherium leptocephalum (63335) Scelidotherium sp. (63336) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | Brazil (Mato Grosso) | Scelidodon cuvieri (136521) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Piaui) | Catonyx cuvieri (71332 71333 71334) Scelidodon sp., Catonyx cuvieri (71335) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Catonyx sp. (147598) Scelidotheriinae indet. (149143) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Scelidodon sp. (212475) Scelidotherium sp. (71296 71346) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Goiás) | Scelidotheriinae indet. (211821) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina | Scelidotheriinae indet., Catonyx tarijensis, Scelidotherium bravardi (213489) Scelidotheriinae indet., Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Scelidotherium bravardi (213470) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Santiago del Estero) | Scelidotheriinae indet. (191153 192106) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bolivia (Sud Carangas) | Catonyx tarijensis (212010) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Scelidotherium sp. (71316 88836) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador | Scelidodon indet. (190069) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador (Santa Elena) | Scelidotherium reyesi (133630) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bolivia (Tarija) | Scelidodon chiliense (212838) Scelidotheriinae indet. (142158) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Panama (Herrera) | Scelidotherium sp. (71278) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Chile (Region 1) | Scelidodon chiliense (63760) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Uruguay | Catonyx cuvieri (211916 211917 211918) Scelidotheriinae indet. (211646) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Tucuman) | Scelidodon sp. (216686) Scelidotheriinae indet. (216684) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Tucumán) | Scelidodon sp. (212839) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Valgipes bucklandi (212719) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Bahia) | Scelidodon cuvieri (71313) Scelidotheriinae indet., Valgipes bucklandi, Catonyx cuvieri (212448 212449) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Argentina (San Luis) | Scelidodon chiliense (141949) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Sergipe) | Catonyx cuvieri (147191) |