Octodontotherium
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| Octodontotherium crassidens fossil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Family: | †Mylodontidae |
| Genus: | †Octodontotherium Ameghino, 1894 |
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Octodontotherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to South America during the Late Oligocene (Deseadan). It lived from 29 to 23 Mya, existing for approximately 6 million years.[1]
Fossil distribution is exclusive to Santa Cruz Province, Argentina (Deseado and Sarmiento Formations) and Bolivia (Salla Formation).[1]
Taxonomy[edit]
Octodontotherium was named by Ameghino (1894). It was assigned to Mylodontidae by Carroll (1988); and to Mylodontinae by Gaudin (1995).[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b PaleoBiology Database: Octodontotherium, 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
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Categories:
- Prehistoric sloths
- Oligocene genus first appearances
- Oligocene genus extinctions
- Oligocene mammals of South America
- Deseadan
- Paleogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Paleogene Bolivia
- Fossils of Bolivia
- Fossil taxa described in 1894
- Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
- Golfo San Jorge Basin
- Sarmiento Formation
- Prehistoric mammal stubs