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Nothrotheriops

Mammalia - Nothrotheriidae

Taxonomy
Nothrotheriops was named by Hoffstetter (1954) [named as subgenus of Nothrotherium by Hoffstetter 1954; raised to genus level by Paula Couto (1971)]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Megatheriidae by Paula Couto (1971), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Carroll (1988); to Nothrotheriidae by Amson et al. (2017); and to Nothrotheriinae by Gaudin (1995), Varela et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Nothrotheriops Hoffstetter
1971Nothrotheriops Paula Couto
1980Nothrotheriops Kurten and Anderson p. 141
1988Nothrotheriops Carroll
1995Nothrotheriops Gaudin
2017Nothrotheriops Amson et al. p. 231
2019Nothrotheriops Varela et al.

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
—Megatheria
familyNothrotheriidaeAmeghino 1920
subfamilyNothrotheriinaeAmeghino 1920
genusNothrotheriopsHoffstetter 1954

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. †Nothrotheriops Hoffstetter 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:20:40
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:20:40
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.40000 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) N. sp. (20161 20272 20294 28224) Nothrotherium sp. (20171)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.4 - 0.014USA (California) N. sp. (20335)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Arizona) N. sp. (20578)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Fe) N. sp. (213110)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay (Canelones) N. sp. (231913)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (New Mexico) Nothrotherium sp. (93376)