Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene-Early Holocene (Uquian-Lujanian) ~1.8–0.010 Ma
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Skull of Nothrotherium
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Pilosa
Family:
†Nothrotheriidae
Subfamily:
†Nothrotheriinae
Genus:
†Nothrotherium Lydekker, 1889
Species
N. maquinense Lund, 1839
N. escrivanense Reinhardt, 1878
Synonyms
Coelodon Lund, 1838
Caelodon Lund, 1839
Coclodon Lund, 1839
Cyclodon Lund, 1839
Toelodon Lund, 1840
Hypocoelus Ameghino, 1891
Nothrotherium is an extinct genus of medium-sized ground sloth from South America (Bolivia, Brazil and the Ware Formation, La Guajira, Colombia).[1] It differs from Nothrotheriops in smaller size and differences in skull and hind leg bones.
Nothrotherium is an extinct genus of medium-sized ground sloth from South America (Bolivia, Brazil and the Ware Formation, La Guajira, Colombia). It differs...
described by paleontologist William Sinclair in 1904 as a new species of Nothrotherium, N. shastensis (species name meaning "from Shasta"). 11 years later...
which appeared at the beginning of the Pleistocene, about 2.6 Ma ago. Nothrotherium reached Mexico (Nuevo Leon) by the late Pleistocene. The last ground...
(2023-07-11). "Description of a fetal skeleton of the extinct sloth Nothrotherium maquinense (Xenarthra, Folivora): Ontogenetic and palaeoecological interpretations"...
pointed to isotope spikes indicating the consumption of the ground sloth Nothrotherium maquinense (hypothesized as a preference for younger individuals and...
probable previously unidentified ground sloth taxon belonging to the genus Nothrotherium is described from the Abismo Ponta de Flecha cave (São Paulo, Brazil)...
she discovered the skull of a species of extinct giant ground sloth, Nothrotherium shastense Sinclair, alongside ancient human tools, in Room 3. Harrington...
finds in the state include Coryphodon, a mummy of the ground sloth Nothrotherium, Triassic Coelophysis bonebeds, bonebeds of Triassic amphibians and...
Australonyx and the nothrotheriid Nothrotherium have also been found in the area. Eremotherium was a generalist, while Nothrotherium was a specialist for trees...
Brazil Lestodon armatus Southern Brazil Neochoerus sp. Middle Brazil Nothrotherium maquinense Eastern Brazil Pachyarmatherium brasiliense Eastern Brazil...
on skull studies, the Nothrotheriidae, in which, among other genera, Nothrotherium, Nothrotheriops, and the semiaquatic Thalassocnus are placed, are regarded...
Australonyx and the nothrotheriid Nothrotherium have also been found in the area. Eremotherium was a generalist, while Nothrotherium was a specialist for trees...
includes, among others, the better known forms of the Pleistocene such as Nothrotherium from South America and Nothrotheriops from North America. In addition...
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