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Octomylodon
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).
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
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1904 | Octomylodon Ameghino p. 137 |
| 1988 | Octomylodon Carroll |
| 2019 | Octomylodon Varela et al. |
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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Huayquerian or 8.00000 to 5.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | O. aversus (55600) |