Ocnotherium Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Pilosa |
Family: | † Mylodontidae |
Subfamily: | † Mylodontinae |
Genus: | †
Ocnotherium Lund, 1842 |
Type species | |
Ocnotherium giganteum (Lund, 1839)
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Ocnotherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth known from the Late Pleistocene of Brazil, belonging to the family Mylodontidae, containing the species Ocnotherium giganteum. It is a member of the subfamily Mylodontinae, but its relationship to other members of that subfamily are uncertain. [1] It had osteoderms embedded within its skin, like some other mylodontids. [2] It was likely a mixed feeder, [3] and may have been adapted to digging. [4]
Ocnotherium Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Pilosa |
Family: | † Mylodontidae |
Subfamily: | † Mylodontinae |
Genus: | †
Ocnotherium Lund, 1842 |
Type species | |
Ocnotherium giganteum (Lund, 1839)
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Ocnotherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth known from the Late Pleistocene of Brazil, belonging to the family Mylodontidae, containing the species Ocnotherium giganteum. It is a member of the subfamily Mylodontinae, but its relationship to other members of that subfamily are uncertain. [1] It had osteoderms embedded within its skin, like some other mylodontids. [2] It was likely a mixed feeder, [3] and may have been adapted to digging. [4]