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Pronothrotherium

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Pronothrotherium
Temporal range: Late Miocene (Huayquerian)
~9.0–6.8 Ma
Pronothrotherium typicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: Nothrotheriidae
Subfamily: Nothrotheriinae
Genus: Pronothrotherium
Ameghino, 1907
Species
  • P. figueirasi
  • P. mirabilis

Pronothrotherium is an extinct genus of ground sloths from South America.[1][2] Fossils of Pronothrotherium have been found in the Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Pronothrotherium". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
  2. ^ Frick, C. (1921). "Extinct Vertebrate Faunas of the Badlands of Bautista Creek and San Timoteo Canon, Southern California". Bulletin of the Department of Geology. Vol. XII. University of California, Berkeley. p. 349. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
  3. ^ Pronothrotherium at Fossilworks.org