Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae

Full reference: F. Pujos, G. De Iuliis, B. Mamani Quispe, S. Adnet, R. Andrade Flores, G. Billet, M. Fernandez-Monescillo, L. Marivaux, P. Munch, M. B. Pramparo, and P. O. Antoine. 2016. A new nothrotheriid xenarthran from the early Pliocene of Pomata-Ayte (Bolivia): new insights into the caniniform–molariform transition in sloths. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178:679-712

Parent taxon: Nothrotheriinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019

See also Pujos et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Amphibradys, Chasicobradys, Huilabradys, Lakukullus, Mionothropus, Nothrotheriops, Nothrotherium, Pronothrotherium, Xyophorus

Subtaxa: Aymaratherium jeani

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Pomata Ayte (Pliocene to Pliocene of Bolivia)

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