†family Ortotheridae Ameghino 1889 (edentate)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Ortotheridae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027

Parent taxon: Gravigrada according to F. Ameghino 1891

See also Ameghino 1894

Sister taxa: Megalonychoidea, Pseudoglyptodon, Orophodontidae, Elipsodon

Subtaxa: Amarorhynchus Parhapalops

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ortotheridae in the database

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