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Orophodon Temporal range: Late Oligocene (Deseadan) ~28.0–23.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Pilosa
Family:	†Mylodontidae
Genus:	†Orophodon Ameghino, 1894
Species:	†O. hapaloides
Binomial name
†Orophodon hapaloides Ameghino, 1894

Orophodon is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to Argentina, South America.

Taxonomy

Orophodon was named by Florentino Ameghino in 1894. It was assigned to Mylodontidae by Carroll in 1988.

Palaeoecology

O. hapaloides was a generalist herbivore able to feed on a wide variety of different plants.

References

1. PaleoBiology Database: Orophodon, basic info
2. R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
3. T. J. Gaudin. 1995. The ear region of edentates and the phylogeny of Tardigrada (Mammalia, Xenarthra). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3):672-705
4. 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

• 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

v t e Pilosan genera
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Superorder: Xenarthra
Pilosa Vermilingua †Argyromanis †Orthoarthrus Cyclopedidae Cyclopes †Palaeomyrmidon Myrmecophagidae Myrmecophaga †Neotamandua †Protamandua Tamandua Folivora †Pseudoglyptodon †Megalocnidae Acratocnus Imagocnus Megalocnus Mesocnus Miocnus Neocnus Parocnus Mylodontoidea Choloepus †Scelidotheriidae Analcitherium Catonyx Chubutherium Nematherium? Neonematherium Proscelidodon Scelidodon Scelidotheridium Scelidotheriops Scelidotherium Sibyllotherium Valgipes †Mylodontidae Baraguatherium Eionaletherium Nematherium Octodontobradys Octodontotherium Octomylodon Orophodon Paroctodontotherium Pseudoprepotherium Urumacotherium Mylodontinae Archaeomylodon Brievabradys? Glossotheriopsis Megabradys Mylodonopsis Ocnotherium Oreomylodon? Promylodon Ranculcus Strabosodon Lestodontini Bolivartherium Lestobradys Lestodon Magdalenabradys Sphenotherus Thinobadistes Mylodontini Glossotheridium Glossotherium Kiyumylodon Mylodon Paramylodon Pleurolestodon Simomylodon Megatherioidea see below↓
Megatherioidea Megatherioidea Bradypus †Hapalops †Hiskatherium †Hyperleptus †Pelecyodon †Schismotherium †Similhapalops †Megalonychidae Deseadognathus Hapalops? Hyperleptus? Mesopotamocnus Paulocnus Proplatyarthrus Urumacocnus Ortotheriinae Diodomus Eucholoeops Hapaloides Megalonychotherium Ortotherium Paranabradys Pliomorphus Proschismotherium Pseudortotherium Torcellia Megalonychinae Ahytherium Australonyx Megalonychops Megalonyx Megistonyx Meizonyx Nohochichak Pattersonocnus Pliometanastes Protomegalonyx Sinclairia Xibalbaonyx Zacatzontli †Megatheria Analcimorphus Nothrotheriidae Neohapalops Thalassocnus? Nothrotheriinae Amphibradys Aymaratherium Chasicobradys Huilabradys Lakukullus Mcdonaldocnus Mionothropus Nothropus Nothrotheriops Nothrotherium Pronothrotherium Xyophorus Megatheriidae Thalassocnus? Planopsinae Planops Prepotherium Prepoplanops Proprepotherium Megatheriinae Anisodontherium Diabolotherium Eomegatherium Eremotherium Megathericulus Megatheridium Megatheriops Megatherium Ocnopus Perezfontanatherium Plesiomegatherium Pliomegatherium Proeremotherium Promegatherium Pyramiodontherium Sibotherium Urumaquia

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