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