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Mylodontidae after McKenna & Bell, 1997

 
<==o †Mylodontidae Gill, 1872 [Mylodontinae Gill, 1872; Mylodontidae Amrghino, 1889]
   |?- †Urumacotherium Bocquentin-Villanueva, 1983
   |--o †Mylodontinae Gill, 1872
   |  |-- †Glossotheriopsis Scillato-Yané, 1976
   |  |-- †Promylodon Ameghino, 1883
   |  |-- †Strabosodon Ameghino, 1891
   |  |-- †Megabradys Scillato-Yané, 1981
   |  |-- †Pleurolestodon Rovereto, 1914
   |  `--o †Mylodon Owen, 1839 [Synonyms]
   |     |-- †M. harloni
   |     `-- †M. robustus
   `--o †Lestodontinae Ameghino, 1889 [Lestodontidae Ameghino, 1889]
      |--o †Thinobadistini McKenna & Bell, 1997
      |  |-- †Thinobadistes Hay, 1919
      |  `-- †Sphenotherus Ameghino, 1891
      `--+--o †Glossotheriini McKenna & Bell, 1997
         |  |-- †Acremylodon Mones, 1986 [Stenodon Frailey, 1986]
         |  |-- †Ranculcus Ameghino, 1891
         |  |--o †Glossotherium Owen, 1839 [Synonyms]
         |  |  `-- G. harlani [= Paramylodon harlani??]
         |  |-- †Mylodonopsis Cartelle, 1991
         |  `--o †Paramylodon Brown, 1903 [Orycterotherium Harlan, 1841; Eubradys Leidy, 1853, Mylodon sensu lato]
         |     |-- †P. harlani
         |     |-- †P. garmani
         |     `-- †P. nebrascensis
         `--o †Lestodontini Ameghino, 1889 [Lestodontidae Ameghino, 1889]
            |-- †Lestodon Gervais, 1855 [Pliogamphiodon Ameghino, 1884; +Prolestodon Kraglievich, 1932]
            `-- †Lestodontidion Roselli, 1976

Reference(s):

Burkitt, J. H., 1995: Mammals: A world listing of living and extinct species.
–iNet: Cougar Hill Sanctuary Association: Online Library: mammals.pdf http://www.cougarhillweb.org/resource.html/

Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698

Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698

McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631

Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii

Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629

 

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