Octomylodon

Extinct genus of ground sloths

Octomylodon
Temporal range: Late Miocene (Huayquerian)
~9.0–6.8 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: Mylodontidae
Genus: Octomylodon
Ameghino, 1904
Species
  • O. aversus
  • robertoscagliai

Octomylodon is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, living during the Late Miocene (Huayquerian). Fossil remains of Octomylodon have been found uniquely in the Ituzaingó Formation, Argentina, South America from 9.0 to 6.8 mya, existing for approximately 2.2 million years.[1]

Taxonomy

Octomylodon was assigned to Mylodontidae by Carroll (1988).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Octomylodon at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
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Pilosan genera
Vermilingua
Cyclopedidae
Myrmecophagidae
Megalocnidae
Scelidotheriidae
Mylodontinae
Lestodontini
Mylodontini
Megatherioidea
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Neocnus comes
Megalonychidae
Ortotheriinae
Megalonychinae
  • Analcimorphus
Nothrotheriidae
Nothrotheriinae
Megatheriidae
Planopsinae
Megatheriinae
Megatherium
Taxon identifiers
Octomylodon


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