Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Order Pilosa Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Superorder Xenarthra Family Megalonychidae | |
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Similar Nematherium, Pronothrotherium, Thinobadistes, Promegatherium, Hapalops | ||
Proplatyarthrus is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Megalonychidae, endemic to Chubut Province, Argentina in South America.
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Taxonomy
Proplatyarthrus was named and a talus bone described by Ameghino (1905). It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Carroll (1988).
Sister genera
Acratocnus, Ahytherium (syn. Iporangabradyx, Iporangabradyx collecti), Analcimorphus, Choloepus, Diheterocnus, Hyperleptus, Megalocnus, Megalonychops, Megalonychotherium, Megalonyx (syn. Morotherium), Meizonyx, Mesocnus, Microcnus, Miocnus, Pliometanastes.
References
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