Pronothrotherium | |
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Skeletal mount of Pronothrotherium typicum, Field Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Pilosa |
Family: | † Nothrotheriidae |
Subfamily: | † Nothrotheriinae |
Genus: | †
Pronothrotherium Ameghino, 1907 |
Type species | |
†Pronothrotherium typicum Ameghino, 1907
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Species | |
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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]
Pronothrotherium | |
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Skeletal mount of Pronothrotherium typicum, Field Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Pilosa |
Family: | † Nothrotheriidae |
Subfamily: | † Nothrotheriinae |
Genus: | †
Pronothrotherium Ameghino, 1907 |
Type species | |
†Pronothrotherium typicum Ameghino, 1907
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Species | |
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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]