Octomylodon
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| Genus: | †Octomylodon Ameghino, 1904
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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[]
- ^ Octomylodon at Fossilworks.org
- ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
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- Prehistoric sloths
- Miocene xenarthrans
- Miocene genus first appearances
- Miocene genus extinctions
- Miocene mammals of South America
- Huayquerian
- Neogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Ituzaingó Formation
- Fossil taxa described in 1904
- Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
- Prehistoric mammal stubs