Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Superorder Xenarthra | |
Similar Nematherium, Thinobadistes, Pronothrotherium, Hapalops, Catonyx | ||
Orophodon is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to Argentina, South America.
Taxonomy
Orophodon was named by Ameghino (1894). It was assigned to Mylodontidae by Carroll (1988).
References
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