Stegotherium simplex Ameghino 1887 (edentate)

Mammalia - Xenarthra

Alternative combination: Scotaeops simplex

Belongs to Stegotherium according to F. Ameghino 1902

See also Ameghino 1889 and Gonzalez and Scilalto-Yané 2008

Sister taxa: Stegotherium caroloameghinoi, Stegotherium notohippidensis, Stegotherium pascuali, Stegotherium tauberi, Stegotherium tesselatum, Stegotherium variegatum, Stegotherium variegumum

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Barrancas del Río Santa Cruz (Miocene of Argentina)

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