Valgipes information

Valgipes; Temporal range: Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene (Lujanian); ~0.126–0.010 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Skull of Valgipes bucklandi in dorsal view
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Pilosa
Family:	†Scelidotheriidae
Genus:	†Valgipes; Gervais 1874
Species:	†V. bucklandi
Binomial name
	†Valgipes bucklandi; Lund 1846
Synonyms
	Myrmecophaga gigantea Lund 1839; Platyonyx bucklandi Lund 1840; Valgipes deformis Gervais 1874; Catonyx giganteus Winge 1915;

Valgipes is an extinct genus of scelidotheriid ground sloth, endemic to intertropical Brazil and Uruguay during the Late Pleistocene. Thought to have been a forest-dwelling browser,^[1] Valgipes is a monotypic genus with a complex and long taxonomic history, and is a close relative of Catonyx and Proscelidodon.^[2]

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Valgipes

Diagenesis

Late Pleistocene extinctions

Megatheriidae

Catonyx

Eremotherium

Mylodontidae

Megalocnidae

Megalonyx

Megalonychidae

Scelidotheriidae

Nothrotheriidae

Mylodon

Ocnotherium

Nothrotheriops

Thalassocnus

Stricticomus

Lestodon

Parocnus

Neocnus

Scelidotherium

Megalocnus

Analcitherium

Mylodontinae

Ahytherium

Scelidodon

Paramylodon

Hiskatherium

Hapalops

List of South American animals extinct in the Holocene

Valgipes Temporal range: Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene (Lujanian) ~0.126–0.010 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Skull of Valgipes bucklandi in dorsal view
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Pilosa
Family:	†Scelidotheriidae
Genus:	†Valgipes Gervais 1874
Species:	†V. bucklandi
Binomial name
†Valgipes bucklandi Lund 1846
Synonyms
Myrmecophaga gigantea Lund 1839 Platyonyx bucklandi Lund 1840 Valgipes deformis Gervais 1874 Catonyx giganteus Winge 1915