Pronothrotherium

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]

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

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. XII. University of California, Berkeley. p. 349. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
  3. Pronothrotherium at Fossilworks.org


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