- Nothropus
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Nothropus
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Early HoloceneScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Superorder: Xenarthra Order: Pilosa Family: †Megatheriidae Genus: Nothropus
Burmeister (1882)Nothropus is an extinct genus of actively mobile ground sloth of the family Megatheriidae, endemic to South America during the Pleistocene epoch. It lived from 1.8 mya—78,000 years ago existing for approximately 1.722 million years.[1]
Taxonomy
Nothropus was named by Burmeister (1882). It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Marshall and Sempere (1991).[2]
Fossil distribution
Fossils have been uncovered from Tarija, Tarija, Bolivia, east side of the Andes Mountains.[3]
References
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Nothropus, basic info
- ^ L. G. Marshall and T. Sempere. 1991. The Eocene to Pleistocene vertebrates of Bolivia and their stratigraphic context: a review. Fósiles y Facies de Bolivia - Vol. 1 Vertebrados (Revista Ténica de YPFB) 12(3-4):631-652
- ^ Paleobiology Database: Nothropus, collections.
- Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell
- Prehistoric mammal stubs
- Prehistoric sloths
- Pleistocene mammals
- Pleistocene extinctions
- Prehistoric mammals of South America
- Megafauna of South America
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