Orophodon
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| Orophodon Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Early Holocene
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†Orophodon
Ameghino (1894)
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Orophodon is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to South America.[1]
Taxonomy
Orophodon was named by Ameghino (1894). It was assigned to Mylodontidae by Carroll (1988).[2][3]
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- ↑ PaleoBiology Database: Orophodon, basic info
- ↑ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
- ↑ T. J. Gaudin. 1995. The ear region of edentates and the phylogeny of Tardigrada (Mammalia, Xenarthra). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3):672-705
