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Orophodon

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Taxonomy
Orophodon was named by Ameghino (1894).

It was assigned to Orophodontidae by Ameghino (1897); and to Mylodontidae by Carroll (1988) and Boscaini et al. (2019).

Species
O. hapaloides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Orophodon Ameghino p. 658
1897Orophodon Ameghino p. 504
1988Orophodon Carroll
2019Orophodon Boscaini 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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
familyMylodontidaeAmeghino 1889
genusOrophodonAmeghino 1894

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. †Orophodon Ameghino 1894
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†Orophodon hapaloides Ameghino 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available