Accroding to...

Scelidotheriidae after McKenna & Bell, 1997 and McDonald & Perea, 2002

 
<==o †Scelidotheriidae Ameghino, 1889 [Scelidotheridae Ameghino, 1889; incl. Nematheridae Mercerat, 1891]
   |-- †Chubutherium Cattoi, 1962 [Chubutheriinae Scillato-Yané, 1977]
   `--o †Scelidotheriinae Ameghino, 1889 [Synonyms]
      |?- †Sibyllotherium Scillato-Yane & Carlini, 1998
      |?- †Scelidotheriops Ameghino, 1904
      |?- †Analcitherium Ameghino, 1891
      |?- †Elassotherium Cabrera, 1939
      |-- †Nematherium Ameghino, 1887 [Ammotherium Ameghino, 1891; Lymodon Ameghino, 1891]
      `--+--+--o †Proscelidodon Bordas, 1935 [incl. to Scelidotherium by McKenna & Bell, 1997]
         |  |  |-- †P. gracillimus
         |  |  |-- †P. almagroi
         |  |  |-- †P. rothi
         |  |  `-- †P. patrius [Scelidodon patrius]
         |  `--o †Catonyx Ameghino, 1891 [Scelidodon Ameghino, 1881] [incl. to Scelidotherium by McKenna & Bell, 1997]
         |     |-- †C. cuvieri Ameghino, 1891
         |     |-- †C. chiliense (Lydekker, 1886) [Scelidotherium chiliense Lydekker, 1886]
         |     `-- †C. tarijensis (Ameghino, 1891) [Scelidotherium capellini Gervais & Ameghino, 1880]
         `--+-- †Neonematherium Ameghino, 1904
            `--o †Scelidotherium Owen, 1839 [Synonyms]
               |-- †S. corderoi [Scelidodon corderoi]
               |-- †S. copei (Ameghino, 1881) [Scelidodon copei Ameghino, 1881]
               |-- †S. parodii
               `-- †S. leptocephalum

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

McDonald, H. G. & Perea, D., 2002: The large scelidothere Catonyx tarijensis (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the Pleistocene of Uruguay.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 22, #3, pp. 677-683

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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