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

MIÑO BOILINI, Á. R. AND CARLINI, A. A.

QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Año: 2009 vol. 210 p. 93 - 101

1040-6182

a b s t r a c t 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 Co´ rdoba 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 Co´ rdoba 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 Rı´os Provinces, and the Pleistocene of Tucuma´n Province.