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Scelidotheriinae
Taxonomy
Scelidotheriinae was named by Ameghino (1894). It is not extant. Its type is Scelidotherium.
It was reranked as the subfamily Scelidotheriidae by Paula Couto (1956).
It was assigned to Mylodontoidea by Paula Couto (1956); and to Mylodontidae by Gaudin (1995), Zurita et al. (2004) and Miņo-Boilini et al. (2009).
It was reranked as the subfamily Scelidotheriidae by Paula Couto (1956).
It was assigned to Mylodontoidea by Paula Couto (1956); and to Mylodontidae by Gaudin (1995), Zurita et al. (2004) and Miņo-Boilini et al. (2009).
Subtaxa
Ammotherium, Analcitherium, Catonyx, Lymodon, Nematherium, Scelidodon, Scelidotherium (type genus), Valgipes
Sister taxa
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1894 | Scelidotheriinae Ameghino |
| 1956 | Scelidotheriidae Paula Couto p. 101 |
| 1995 | Scelidotheriinae Gaudin |
| 2004 | Scelidotheriinae Zurita et al. |
| 2009 | Scelidotheriinae Miņo-Boilini et al. p. 375 |
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