Machlydotherium

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Machlydotherium Temporal range: Mid Eocene-Early Oligocene (Mustersan-Tinguirirican) ~48–30 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cingulata
Family:	†Pampatheriidae
Genus:	†Machlydotherium Ameghino, 1902
Type species
†Machlydotherium asperum Ameghino 1902
Species
M. asperum Ameghino 1902 M. ater Ameghino 1902 M. intortum Ameghino 1902 M. sparsum Ameghino 1902

Machlydotherium is an extinct genus of cingulate of uncertain systematic affinities, perhaps belonging to the Pampatheriidae. It lived from the Middle Eocene to the Early Oligocene, and its fossilized remains were found in South America.