Chubutherium

Chubutherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth described by Cattoi in 1962. The type species is "C. ferelloii".
Description.
This species of ground sloth was assigned to the family Scelidotheriidae, which was subsequently demoted to subfamily Scelidotheriinae within Mylodontidae, then elevated back to full family status. "C. ferelloii" first appeared in the Oligocene and died out during the Middle Miocene. It is related to the Pleistocene genus, "Scelidotherium". It possessed but a few molars, like many other sloths. Only a few specimens have been found in Patagonia. Little material is found of the genus and the taxonomic position is still debated.