The Scelidotheriinae Ameghino, 1904 (Phyllophaga, Xenarthra) from the Ensenadan-Lujanian Stage/Ages (Early Pleistocene to Early-Middle Pleistocene-Early Holocene) of Argentina

Article

Authorship

MIÑO BOILINI, ANGEL RAMON ; CARLINI, ALFREDO ARMANDO

Date

2009

Publishing House and Editing Place

Elsevier

Magazine

QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL, vol. 210 (pp. 93-101) Elsevier

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Review of the specimens assigned to Scelidotheriinae (Phyllophaga, Xenarthra) from the Ensenadan-Lujanian Stage/Ages of Argentina, showed that two genera are recognized for this territory: Scelidotherium (Owen) and Scelidodon (Ameghino), with the following species: Scelidotherium bravardi (Lydekker), for the Ensenadan Stage/Age (Early Pleistocene to Early-Middle Pleistocene), restricted to Buenos Aires Province, and the Pleistocene of San Luis Province; Scelidotherium leptocephalum (Owen), for ... Review of the specimens assigned to Scelidotheriinae (Phyllophaga, Xenarthra) from the Ensenadan-Lujanian Stage/Ages of Argentina, showed that two genera are recognized for this territory: Scelidotherium (Owen) and Scelidodon (Ameghino), with the following species: Scelidotherium bravardi (Lydekker), for the Ensenadan Stage/Age (Early Pleistocene to Early-Middle Pleistocene), restricted to Buenos Aires Province, and the Pleistocene of San Luis Province; Scelidotherium leptocephalum (Owen), for the Bonaerian-Lujanian Stage/Ages (Middle Pleistocene-Early Holocene), of the Buenos Aires Province, in the Lujanian Stage/Age of Salta and Córdoba Provinces; Scelidotherium sp. for the Lujanian Stage/Age of Corrientes Province, Bonaerian-Lujanian Stage/Ages of Chaco Province; Scelidodon tarijensis (Gervais and Ameghino), for the Ensenadan-Bonaerian Stage/Ages of Buenos Aires Province, in Pleistocene of Córdoba Province; Scelidodon chiliense (Lydekker) for the Lujanian Stage/Age of San Luis Province, and Scelidodon sp. for the Lujanian Stage/Age of Corrientes, Buenos Aires and Entre Ríos Provinces, and the Pleistocene of Tucumán Province.