Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Pilosa > Orophodontidae

Orophodontidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Orophodontidae is a family of extinct ground sloths within the order Pilosa and suborder Folivora. The taxon is often disused with genus members reassigned. This family is related to the other families of extinct ground sloths, Megatheriidae, Mylodontidae, Nothrotheriidae, and Scelidotheriidae. The only extant families of the suborder Folivora are Bradypodidae and Megalonychidae. †Orophodontidae members prior to reassignment.
View Wikipedia Record: Orophodontidae

Genus

Octodontobradys (1)
Octodontotherium (2)
Octomylodon (2)
Orophodon (1)

(...) = Species count
(...) = Endangered count
(...) = Invasive count

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0