Scelidotheriidae

Scelidotheriidae Temporal range: Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scelidotherium leptocephalum in Paris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Pilosa
Superfamily:	Mylodontoidea
Family:	†Scelidotheriidae Ameghino 1889
Genera
†Analcitherium †Catonyx †Chubutherium †Nematherium †Neonematherium †Proscelidodon †Scelidodon †Scelidotheridium †Scelidotheriops †Scelidotherium †Sibyllotherium †Valgipes

Scelidotheriidae is a family of extinct

The following sloth family phylogenetic tree is based on collagen and mitochondrial DNA sequence data (see Fig. 4 of Presslee et al., 2019).[3]

Below is a more detailed cladogram of the Scelidotheriidae, based on the work of Nieto et al. 2020.^[4]

References

Further reading

• Cuvier, G. (1796): Notice sur le squelette d'une très grande espèce de quadrupède inconnue jusqu'à présent, trouvé au Paraguay, et déposé au cabinet d'histoire naturelle de Madrid. Magasin encyopédique, ou Journal des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts (1): 303-310; (2): 227-228.
• Iuliis, G.; Cartelle, C. (December 1999). "A new giant megatheriine ground sloth (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Megatheriidae) from the late Blancan to early Irvingtonian of Florida".
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• Harrington, C.R. (1993): Yukon Beringia Interpretive Center - Jefferson's Ground Sloth. Retrieved 2008-JAN-24.
• Hogan, C.M. (2008): Cueva del Milodon, Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 2008-APR-13
• Kurtén, B.; Anderson, E. (1980). Pleistocene Mammals of North America. Columbia University Press.
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• McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press.
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• Nowak, R.M. (1999): Walker's Mammals of the World (Vol. 2). Johns Hopkins University Press, London.
• White, J. (1993). "Indicators of locomotor habits in xenarthrans: Evidence for locomotor heterogeneity among fossil sloths". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 13 (2): 230–242.
  doi:10.1080/02724634.1993.10011502
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• White, J.L.; MacPhee, R.D.E. (2001). "The sloths of the West Indies: a systematic and phylogenetic review". In Woods, C.A.; Sergile, F.E. (eds.). Biogeography of the West Indies: Patterns and Perspectives. Boca Raton, London, New York, and Washington, D.C.:
  ISBN 978-0-8493-2001-9
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• Woodward, A. S. (January 1900). "On some Remains of Grypotherium (Neomylodori) listai and associated Mammals from a Cavern near Consuelo Cove, Last Hope Inlet, Patagonia". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 69 (1): 64–78.
  doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1890.tb01704.x
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External links

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