Orophodon

Orophodon Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Early Holocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superorder:	Xenarthra
Order:	Pilosa
Family:	†Mylodontidae
Genus:	Orophodon Ameghino (1894)

Orophodon is an extinct genus of actively mobile ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to South America.^[1]

Taxonomy

Orophodon was named by Ameghino (1894). It was assigned to Mylodontidae by Carroll (1988).^[2][3]

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