†Mionothropus De Iuliis et al. 2011 (edentate)
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Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae
Full reference: G. De Iuliis, T. J. Gaudin, and M. J. Vicars. 2011. A new genus and species of Nothrotheriid sloth (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Nothrotheriidae) from the Late Miocene (Huayquerian) of Peru. Palaeontology 54(1):171-2005
Parent taxon: Nothrotheriinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Amson et al. 2017 and De Iuliis et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Amphibradys, Aymaratherium, Chasicobradys, Huilabradys, Lakukullus, Nothrotheriops, Nothrotherium, Pronothrotherium, Xyophorus
Subtaxa: Mionothropus cartellei
Type: Mionothropus cartellei
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: found only at Rio Acre (Miocene of Brazil)
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