Biology:Orophodon
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Orophodon is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to Argentina, South America.[1]
Taxonomy
Orophodon was named by Florentino Ameghino in 1894. It was assigned to Mylodontidae by Carroll in 1988.[2][3]
Palaeoecology
O. hapaloides was a generalist herbivore able to feed on a wide variety of different plants.[4]
Orophodon lived with various Notoungulata, Sparassodonta, rodents, birds, etc. It is thought that O. hapaloides was preyed on by some species of Sebecidae and Phorusrhacidae like Dynamopterus.
References
- ↑ PaleoBiology Database: Orophodon, basic info
- ↑ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
- ↑ T. J. Gaudin. 1995. The ear region of edentates and the phylogeny of Tardigrada (Mammalia, Xenarthra). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3):672-705
- ↑ Kalthoff, Daniela C.; Green, Jeremy L. (28 July 2017). "Feeding Ecology in Oligocene Mylodontoid Sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra) as Revealed by Orthodentine Microwear Analysis" (in en). Journal of Mammalian Evolution 25 (4): 551–564. doi:10.1007/s10914-017-9405-x. ISSN 1064-7554. PMID 30443148. PMC 6209052. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-017-9405-x?fromPaywallRec=false. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
Further reading
- F. Ameghino. 1894. Sur les oiseaux fossiles de Patagonie; et la faune mammalogique des couches à Pyrotherium. Boletin del Instituto Geographico Argentino 15:501-660
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