Orophodon

Orophodon
Temporal range: Late Oligocene (Deseadan)
~28.0–23.0 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: †Mylodontidae
Genus: †Orophodon
Ameghino, 1894
Species:
†O. hapaloides
Binomial name
†Orophodon hapaloides
Ameghino, 1894

Orophodon is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to Argentina, South America.[1]

Taxonomy

Orophodon was named by Florentino Ameghino in 1894. It was assigned to Mylodontidae by Carroll in 1988.[2][3]

Palaeoecology

O. hapaloides was a generalist herbivore able to feed on a wide variety of different plants.[4]

References

  1. ^ PaleoBiology Database: Orophodon, 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
  4. ^ Kalthoff, Daniela C.; Green, Jeremy L. (28 July 2017). "Feeding Ecology in Oligocene Mylodontoid Sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra) as Revealed by Orthodentine Microwear Analysis". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 25 (4): 551–564. doi:10.1007/s10914-017-9405-x. ISSN 1064-7554. PMC 6209052. PMID 30443148. Retrieved 22 November 2024 – via Springer Link.

Further reading

  • F. Ameghino. 1894. Sur les oiseaux fossiles de Patagonie; et la faune mammalogique des couches à Pyrotherium. Boletin del Instituto Geographico Argentino 15:501-660


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