Orophodon Ameghino 1894 (edentate)

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Parent taxon: Mylodontidae according to A. Boscaini et al. 2019

See also Ameghino 1897 and Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Chubutherium, Lestodontinae, Lestodontini, Magdalenabradys, Mirandabradys zabasi, Mylodontinae, Nematheriinae, Nematherium, Orophodontinae, Paraglossotherium, Pseudoprepotherium, Scelidotheridium, Scelidotheriinae, Urumacotheriinae

Subtaxa: Orophodon hapaloides

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orophodon in the database

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