Biology:Pronothrotherium
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Short description: Extinct genus of ground sloths
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| Skeletal mount of Pronothrotherium typicum, Field Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Family: | †Nothrotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Nothrotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Pronothrotherium Ameghino, 1907 |
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| †Pronothrotherium typicum Ameghino, 1907
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Pronothrotherium is an extinct genus of ground sloths from Argentina and Uruguay.[1][2] Fossils of Pronothrotherium have been found in the Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina .[3] The body weight of the animal has been estimated at 937 kg (2,066 lb).[4]
References
- ↑ "Pronothrotherium". Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=43623. 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. XII. University of California, Berkeley. p. 349. https://books.google.com/books?id=SLsWAAAAYAAJ&q=Pronothrotherium+nothrotherium&pg=PA349. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ↑ Pronothrotherium at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Toledo, N.; Bargo, M. S.; Vizcaíno, S. F.; De Iuliis, G.; Pujos, F. (2017). "Evolution of body size in anteaters and sloths (Xenarthra, Pilosa): phylogeny, metabolism, diet and substrate preferences". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 106 (4): 289–301. doi:10.1017/S1755691016000177.
Wikidata ☰ Q7249949 entry
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