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{{Short description|An extinct genus of mammals related to sloths, anteaters, and armadillos}} |
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| name = ''Nothrotherium'' |
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| status = Fossil |
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| fossil_range = [[Pleistocene|Middle to Latest Pleistocene]] ([[Uquian]]-[[Lujanian]])<br>~{{fossil range|1.8|0.012}} |
| fossil_range = [[Pleistocene|Middle to Latest Pleistocene]] ([[Uquian]]-[[Lujanian]])<br>~{{fossil range|1.8|0.012}} |
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| image = Nothrotherium.JPG |
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| image_caption = Skull of ''Nothrotherium'' |
| image_caption = Skull of ''Nothrotherium'' |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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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, but both genera can be traced back to Hapalops, the genus which both evolved from in different ecological conditions.[2] This genus formerly included the species Nothrotheriops shastensis, which was later moved to Nothrotheriops. These browsing ground sloths consumed roots, stems, seeds, and leaves of various desert plants, such as the yucca and agave.[3]
The species N. maquinense is named after the Maquiné Grotto in Brazil, where it was found.
Synonyms such as Coelodon occasionally cause confusion where they occur in early texts such as that of Alfred Russel Wallace's major work, "The Geographical Distribution of Animals".[4]
References
- ^ Amson et al., 2016, p.12
- ^ Stock: Skull and Dentition of Nothrotherium. Princeton University. 1918. pp. 163–170.
- ^ Kurtén, Björn (1980). Pleistocene Mammals of North America. Columbia University Press. p. 141.
- ^ Wallace, Alfred Russel (1876). The Geographical Distribution of Animals (Google Books). Harper and brothers.
Bibliography
- Amson, Eli; Juan D. Carrillo, and Carlos Jaramillo. 2016. Neogene sloth assemblages (Mammalia, Pilosa) of the Cocinetas Basin (La Guajira, Colombia): Implications for the Great American Biotic Interchange. Palaeontology _. 1-20. Accessed 2017-03-31.
Further reading
- Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell
- Prehistoric sloths
- Prehistoric mammal genera
- Pleistocene mammals of North America
- Pleistocene Mexico
- Fossils of Mexico
- Pleistocene United States
- Fossils of the United States
- Pleistocene mammals of South America
- Uquian
- Ensenadan
- Lujanian
- Pleistocene Bolivia
- Fossils of Bolivia
- Pleistocene Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Pleistocene Colombia
- Fossils of Colombia
- Fossil taxa described in 1889
- Taxa named by Richard Lydekker
- Prehistoric mammal stubs