Octodontotherium Temporal range: Oligocene–Miocene |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Superorder: | Xenarthra |
Order: | Pilosa |
Family: | †Mylodontidae |
Subfamily: | †Mylodontinae |
Genus: | Octodontotherium Ameghino (1894) |
Octodontotherium is an extinct genus of actively mobile ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to South America during the Oligocene-Miocene. It lived from 29—21 mya, existing for approximately 8 million years.[1]
Fossil distribution is exclusive to Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.
Octodontotherium was named by Ameghino (1894). It was assigned to Mylodontidae by Carroll (1988); and to Mylodontinae by Gaudin (1995).[2][3]