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Octodontotherium

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Pilosa
Subordo: Folivora
Familia: †Orophodontidae
Genera: Octodontotherium

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Octodontotherium is an extinct genus of actively mobile ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to South America during the Oligocene-Miocene. It lived from 29—21 mya, existing for approximately 8 million years.[1]

Fossil distribution is exclusive to Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.

Taxonomy

Octodontotherium was named by Ameghino (1894). It was assigned to Mylodontidae by Carroll (1988); and to Mylodontinae by Gaudin (1995).[2][3]

References

1. ^ PaleoBiology Database: Octodontotherium, basic info
2. ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
3. ^ T. J. Gaudin. 1995. The ear region of edentates and the phylogeny of Tardigrada (Mammalia, Xenarthra). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3):672-705

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