Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142

Parent taxon: Orophodontinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019

See also Ameghino 1904 and Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Baraguatherium, Brievabradys, Octodontobradys, Octodontotherium, Paroctodontotherium, Urumacotherium

Subtaxa: Octomylodon aversus Octomylodon robertoscagliai

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Type: Octomylodon aversus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm. ( of Argentina)

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