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]
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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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References
edit- ^ "Pronothrotherium". Paleobiology Database. 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. Vol. XII. University of California, Berkeley. p. 349. 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. Bibcode:2015EESTR.106..289T. doi:10.1017/S1755691016000177. hdl:11336/56403.289-301&rft.date=2017&rft_id=info:hdl/11336/56403&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017/S1755691016000177&rft_id=info:bibcode/2015EESTR.106..289T&rft.aulast=Toledo&rft.aufirst=N.&rft.au=Bargo, M. S.&rft.au=Vizcaíno, S. F.&rft.au=De Iuliis, G.&rft.au=Pujos, F.&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS1755691016000177&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Pronothrotherium" class="Z3988">
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