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Octomylodon

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Taxonomy
Octomylodon was named by Ameghino (1904). Its type is Octomylodon aversus.

It was assigned to Mylodontinae by Ameghino (1904); to Mylodontidae by Carroll (1988); and to Orophodontinae by Varela et al. (2019).

Species
O. aversus (type species), O. robertoscagliai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Octomylodon Ameghino p. 137
1988Octomylodon Carroll
2019Octomylodon Varela et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
familyMylodontidaeAmeghino 1889
subfamilyOrophodontinaeHoffstetter 1954
genusOctomylodon

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Octomylodon Ameghino 1904
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†Octomylodon aversus Ameghino 1904
†Octomylodon robertoscagliai Scillato-Yané 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available