Nothropus
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| Nothropus Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Early Holocene
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†Nothropus
Burmeister (1882)
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Nothropus is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Nothrotheriidae, 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] and to Nothrotheriidae by Muizon et al. (2004).[3]
Fossil distribution
Fossils have been uncovered from Tarija, Tarija, Bolivia, east side of the Andes Mountains.[4]
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
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- ↑ Paleobiology Database: Nothropus, collections.
- Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell
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