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]
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Skeletal mount of Pronothrotherium typicum, Field Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Pilosa |
Family: | †Nothrotheriidae |
Subfamily: | †Nothrotheriinae |
Genus: | †Pronothrotherium Ameghino, 1907 |
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References
- "Pronothrotherium". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- 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.
- Pronothrotherium at Fossilworks.org
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