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Nothropus

Mammalia - Megalonychidae

Taxonomy
Nothropus was named by Burmeister (1882). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Glyptodontidae by Cope (1889); to Megatheriidae by Lydekker (1894); and to Megalonychidae by Marshall and Sempere (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Nothropus Burmeister pp. 613-620
1889Nothropus Cope p. 662
1894Nothropus Lydekker p. 92
1991Nothropus Marshall and Sempere

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
familyMegalonychidaeGervais 1855
genusNothropusBurmeister 1882

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Nothropus Burmeister 1882
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†Nothropus carcaranensis Bordas 1942
†Nothropus nordenskioldi Pujos et al. 2007
†Nothropus priscus Burmeister 1882
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:30:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia (Tarija ) N. tarijensis (70673)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Sante Fé) N. carcaranensis (213109)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Acre) N. priscus (217885)