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| name = ''Nothropus''
| name = ''Thinobadistes''
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Middle Miocene|Pleistocene}}
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Middle Miocene|Pleistocene}}
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| ordo = [[Pilosa]]
| ordo = [[Pilosa]]
| familia = †[[Mylodontidae]]
| familia = †[[Mylodontidae]]
| genus = '''''Thinobadistes'''''
| genus = [[extinction|†]]'''''Thinobadistes'''''
| genus_authority = Hay (1919)
| genus_authority = [[Oliver Perry Hay|Hay]] (1919)
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'''''Thinobadistes''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of actively mobile [[ground sloth]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] ''[[Mylodontidae]]'', endemic to [[North America]] during the [[Miocene]]-[[Pleistocene]] epochs. It lived from 13.6—5.3 [[Annum|mya]], existing for approximately {{Mya|13.6-5.3|million years}}.<ref>[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=43648&is_real_user=1 PaleoBiology Database: ''Thinobadistes'', basic info]</ref>
'''''Thinobadistes''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of actively mobile [[ground sloth]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Mylodontidae]], endemic to [[North America]] during the [[Miocene]]-[[Pleistocene]] epochs. It lived from 13.6—5.3 [[Annum|mya]], existing for approximately {{Mya|13.6-5.3|million years}}.<ref>[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=43648&is_real_user=1 PaleoBiology Database: ''Thinobadistes'', basic info]</ref>
==Taxonomy==
==Taxonomy==
''Thinobadistes'' was named by Hay (1919). Its type is ''Thinobadistes segnis''. It was assigned to ''[[Mylodontidae]]'' by Hay (1919) and Carroll (1988)..<ref>R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698</ref>
''Thinobadistes'' was named by Hay (1919). Its type is ''Thinobadistes segnis''. It was assigned to [[Mylodontidae]] by Hay (1919) and Carroll (1988).<ref>R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698</ref>
==Fossil distribution==
==Fossil distribution==
Fossils have been uncovered from Florida to Texas.<ref>[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=43648&is_real_user=1 Paleobiology Database: ''Thinobadistes'', collections.]</ref>
Fossils have been uncovered from Florida to Texas.<ref>[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=43648&is_real_user=1 Paleobiology Database: ''Thinobadistes'', collections.]</ref>

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Thinobadistes

Hay (1919)

Thinobadistes is an extinct genus of actively mobile ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to North America during the Miocene-Pleistocene epochs. It lived from 13.6—5.3 mya, existing for approximately 8.3 million years.[1]

Taxonomy

Thinobadistes was named by Hay (1919). Its type is Thinobadistes segnis. It was assigned to Mylodontidae by Hay (1919) and Carroll (1988).[2]

Fossil distribution

Fossils have been uncovered from Florida to Texas.[3]

References

  1. ^ PaleoBiology Database: Thinobadistes, basic info
  2. ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
  3. ^ Paleobiology Database: Thinobadistes, collections.
  • Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell