Source Data | |
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Scelidotheriidae : Scelidotherium : Scelidotherium patrium |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Mylodontidae : Scelidotherium : Scelidotherium patrium |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Scelidotherium |
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Scientific Name | Scelidotherium patrium Ameghino, 1888 |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Scelidotherium patrium | species | belongs to Scelidotherium | stated without evidence | Ameghino, 1888 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 0.78 Ma Pleistocene |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 0.78 Ma Pleistocene |
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Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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Diet | herbivore (based on Mylodontidae) |
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Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Lydekker. 1894. Contributions to a knowledge of the fossil vertebrates of Argentina. II. 2. The extinct edentates of Argentina. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 3:1-118 |
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