Scelidotherium

Scelidotherium
Temporal range: Pleistocene (Lujanian)
~0.8–0.012 Ma
S. leptocephalum
Skeletal mount in the National Museum of Natural History (France)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: Scelidotheriidae
Genus: Scelidotherium
Owen, 1840
Species
  • S. australis
  • S. bravardi
  • S. elegans
  • S. laevidens
  • S. leptocephalum Owen 1840
  • S. modicum
  • S. parodii Kraglievich 1923
  • S. patrium
  • S. pozzii
  • S. reyesi
  • S. tarijense

Scelidotherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Scelidotheriidae, endemic to South America during the Late Pleistocene epoch. It lived from 780,000 to 11,000 years ago, existing for approximately 0.67 million years.[1]

  1. ^ "Scelidotherium in the Paleobiology Database". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.