Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Order Pilosa Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Superorder Xenarthra Family Nothrotheriidae | |
Similar Pronothrotherium, Nothrotherium, Nothrotheriidae, Hapalops, Pelecyodon | ||
Nothropus is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Nothrotheriidae, endemic to South America during the Pleistocene epoch. It lived from 0.781 mya—12,000 years ago existing for approximately 0.769 million years.
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Taxonomy
Nothropus was named by Burmeister (1882). It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Marshall and Sempere (1991) and to Nothrotheriidae by Muizon et al. (2004).
Fossil distribution
Fossils have been uncovered from Tarija, Tarija, Bolivia, east side of the Andes Mountains.
References
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