Nothropus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Family: | †Nothrotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | † Nothrotheriinae
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| Genus: | †Nothropus Burmeister (1882) |
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| †Nothropus priscus Burmeister, 1882
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Nothropus is an extinct
mya—12,000 years ago existing for approximately 0.769 million years. It was believed to be a ground-dwelling herbivore.[1]
Taxonomy
Nothropus priscus and Nothropus nordenskioldi are described as subtaxa. Nothropus was named by Hermann Burmeister (1882). It was assigned to Megalonychidae by L. G. Marshall and T. Sempere (1991)[2] and to Nothrotheriidae by Christian de Muizon et al. (2004).[3]
Fossil distribution
Fossils have been uncovered from the
Andes Mountains.[4]
References
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Nothropus, basic info
- ^ L. G. Marshall and T. Sempere. 1991. The Eocene to Pleistocene vertebrates of Bolivia and their stratigraphic context: a review. Fósiles y Facies de Bolivia - Vol. 1 Vertebrados (Revista Ténica de YPFB) 12(3-4):631-652
- S2CID 83732878. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
- ^ Paleobiology Database: Nothropus, collections.
- Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell
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