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Scelidotheriinae

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Scelidotheriinae Ameghino
1891Scelidotheridae Ameghino p. 38
1956Scelidotheriidae Paula Couto p. 101
1995Scelidotheriinae Gaudin
2004Scelidotheriinae Zurita et al.
2009Scelidotheriinae Miño-Boilini et al. p. 375

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
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
subfamilyScelidotheriinaeAmeghino 1889

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. †Analcitherium Ameghino 1891
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Analcitherium antarticum 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. †Lymodon Ameghino 1891
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Lymodon auca Ameghino 1891
Lymodon perfectus Ameghino 1891
G. †Neonematherium Ameghino 1904
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Neonematherium flabellatum Ameghino 1904
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. †Scelidotheriops Ameghino 1904
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Scelidotheriops avunculus Ameghino 1904
G. †Scelidotherium Owen 1839
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Scelidotherium australis Moreno 1888
Scelidotherium bravardi Lydekker 1886
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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 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
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. R. Miño-Boilini et al. 2009Skull 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
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-22 16:27:29
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:30:22
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Deseadan to the top of the Lujanian or 29.00000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (183 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Uruguay Scelidodon sp. (176487)
Friasian16.3 - 15.5Chile Neonematherium sp. (176666)
Laventan13.8 - 11.8Colombia Neonematherium flabellatum (13684 13687 13739 13750 117981)
Laventan13.8 - 11.8Colombia (Huila) Neonematherium flabellatum (13650 186609 186626 186630 186788 187888 187945 187949 187970 187971 187972 187973) Neonematherium sp. (133648 133689 187721)
Mayoan11.8 - 10.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Sibyllotherium guenguelianum (141933)
Chasicoan10.0 - 9.0Argentina (San Juan) Scelidotheriinae indet. (198596)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (Catamarca) Proscelidodon almagroi (87201) Proscelidodon gracillimus (198543) Proscelidodon sp. (157794)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (Mendoza) Proscelidodon sp. (231327)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (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)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Elassotherium altirostre (87200 206316 206318 207619) Proscelidodon gracillimus (210573 211640)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (Entre Rios) Scelidotheriinae indet. (55600)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (Jujuy) Proscelidodon patrius (152079) Proscelidodon sp. (232410)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (La Pampa) Proscelidodon gracillimus (152067) Scelidotheriinae indet., Proscelidodon gracillimus (141939)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Argentina (La Rioja) Proscelidodon sp. (152263)
Montehermosan6.8 - 4.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Proscelidodon patrius (152062 152081 152086 152088 198687 198863 199153)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan6.8 - 3.0Argentina (Cordoba) Proscelidodon patrius (211574)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan6.8 - 3.0Argentina (Catamarca) Scelidotherium pendolai (157795)
Montehermosan - Ensenadan6.8 - 0.781Uruguay (San José) Catonyx tarijensis (139924)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Proscelidodon patrius (191765)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Peru (Espinar) Proscelidodon sp. (231813)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Proscelidodon patrius (191776)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Fe) Catonyx tarijensis, Scelidodon tarijensis (204258)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Proscelidodon patrius (198854) Proscelidodon rothi (202333) Proscelidodon sp. (199154 199156)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Bolivia (Linares) Proscelidodon patrius (71112)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (Córdoba) Scelidotherium sp. (232041)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) Scelidodon sp. (53926)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Bolivia (La Paz) Scelidodon tarijensis (70653)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Colombia (La Guajira) Scelidotheriinae indet. (166508)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia (Tarija ) Scelidodon tarijensis (70673)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia Scelidotherium patrium, Scelidotherium tarijense (142016)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Paraiba) Scelidodon sp. (71298)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Argentina (Salta) Catonyx tarijensis (212774)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Paraguay Scelidodon sp. (191113) Scelidotherium sp. (71292)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Argentina (San Luis) Scelidotherium bravardi (212834)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Fe) Scelidotherium leptocephalum (232458)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande de Sul) Catonyx cuvieri (182161)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Bolivia (Oruro) Scelidodon chiliense (63761)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Ceara) Scelidodon sp. (71302)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Sergipe) Catonyx cuvieri (187597)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Peru (Ayacucho) Scelidotherium tarijense (146602)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Peru (Huanuco) Scelidotherium sp. 1 (145576)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Catonyx cuvieri (230758)
Pleistocene (glacial)2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) Scelidotherium cuvieri, Valgipes deformis (140474)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Peru (Huancavelica) Scelidodon chiliensis (145573)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Argentina (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)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Peru (Cusco) Scelidotheriinae indet. (146609)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte) Valgipes bucklandi (212567)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Peru (Pasco) Scelidodon chiliensis (145583) Scelidotherium sp. (145577)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Catonyx cuvieri (147609)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Piauí) Scelidodon piauiensis (211633)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Argentina Scelidotherium sp. (216677)
Ensenadan1.2 - 0.781Argentina (Jujuy) Scelidotherium sp. (141898)
Ensenadan1.2 - 0.781Argentina (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)
Ensenadan1.2 - 0.781Argentina (Cordoba) Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Catonyx tarijensis (123831)
Ensenadan1.2 - 0.781Argentina Scelidodon sp. (213464)
Ensenadan1.2 - 0.781Bolivia Scelidodon sp. (71323)
Ensenadan - Lujanian1.2 - 0.012Argentina Scelidodon sp., Scelidotherium sp., Catonyx tarijensis, Scelidotherium bravardi (203949)
Ensenadan - Lujanian1.2 - 0.012Argentina (Corrientes) Scelidodon sp. (71288)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Argentina (Buenos Aires) Scelidotherium leptocephalum (63335) Scelidotherium sp. (63336)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Brazil (Bahia) Scelidotherium sp. (71295)
Lujanian (glacial)0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Scelidodon sp., Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Catonyx tarijensis (140934)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Scelidotherium leptocephalum (63337 71303 71347 212835) Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Catonyx tarijensis, Scelidotherium tarijense (198875) Scelidotherium sp. (37999 71314)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina Scelidotheriinae indet., Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Scelidodon tarijensis (204208)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Catamarca) Scelidotheriinae indet. (140929)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Chaco) Scelidotherium sp., Scelidotherium leptocephalum (78578)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Uruguay Catonyx sp. (211644) Scelidotherium sp. (71325)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Entre Ríos) Scelidodon sp. (203955 212840)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Peru (Puno) Mylodontinae sp. (145248)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Salta) Scelidotherium leptocephalum (212836)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Peru (Piura) Scelidotherium sp., Scelidodon chiliensis (145500)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Cordoba) Scelidotheriinae indet. (197918) Scelidotherium leptocephalum (197920) Scelidotherium sp. (197919 197921)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Corrientes) Catonyx tarijensis (211638) Scelidodon sp., Catonyx tarijensis (212773) Scelidodon sp., Scelidotherium sp. (212837)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Peru (La Libertad) Scelidodon chiliensis (145505)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Argentina Scelidotheriinae indet., Catonyx tarijensis, Scelidotherium bravardi (213489) Scelidotheriinae indet., Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Scelidotherium bravardi (213470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Uruguay Catonyx cuvieri (211916 211917 211918) Scelidotheriinae indet. (211646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Argentina (Tucuman) Scelidodon sp. (216686) Scelidotheriinae indet. (216684)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Chile (Region 1) Scelidodon chiliense (63760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Peru Scelidodon sp. (212475) Scelidotherium sp. (71296 71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Scelidotheriinae indet. (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Argentina (Santiago del Estero) Scelidotheriinae indet. (191153 192106)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Ecuador (Santa Elena) Scelidotherium reyesi (133630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Argentina (Tucumán) Scelidodon sp. (212839)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Scelidotherium sp. (71316 88836)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Panama (Herrera) Scelidotherium sp. (71278)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Ecuador Scelidodon indet. (190069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Catonyx cuvieri (71332 71333 71334) Scelidodon sp., Catonyx cuvieri (71335)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Catonyx sp. (147598) Scelidotheriinae indet. (149143)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Bolivia (Tarija) Scelidodon chiliense (212838) Scelidotheriinae indet. (142158)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Bolivia (Sud Carangas) Catonyx tarijensis (212010)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Scelidodon cuvieri (71313) Scelidotheriinae indet., Valgipes bucklandi, Catonyx cuvieri (212448 212449)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Brazil (Sergipe) Catonyx cuvieri (147191)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Valgipes bucklandi (212719)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Argentina (San Luis) Scelidodon chiliense (141949)