†Nothropus nordenskioldi Pujos et al. 2007 (edentate)
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Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Full reference: F. Pujos, G. de Iuliis, C. Argot and L. Werdelin. 2007. A peculiar climbing Megalonychidae from the Pleistocene of Peru and its implication for sloth history. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149:179-235
Belongs to Nothropus according to L. Kraglievich 1926
Sister taxa: Nothropus carcaranensis, Nothropus priscus
Type specimen: NRM-PZ M4286, a limb element (Left humerus)
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nothropus nordenskioldi in the database
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