Orophodon is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to Argentina, South America.[1]
| Orophodon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Family: | †Mylodontidae |
| Genus: | †Orophodon Ameghino, 1894 |
| Species: | †O. hapaloides
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| Binomial name | |
| †Orophodon hapaloides Ameghino, 1894
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Taxonomy
editOrophodon was named by Florentino Ameghino in 1894. It was assigned to Mylodontidae by Carroll in 1988.[2][3]
Palaeoecology
editO. hapaloides was a generalist herbivore able to feed on a wide variety of different plants.[4]
References
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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
- ^ 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
edit- 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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