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Nothrotheriinae
Taxonomy
Nothrotheriinae was named by Ameghino (1920). It is not extant. Its type is Nothrotherium.
It was assigned to Eutardigrada by Gaudin (1995); to Megatheriidae by Hay (1930) and Villarroel (1998); to Megalonychidae by Muizon and McDonald (1995) and McDonald and Muizon (2002); to Nothrotheriidae by Muizon et al. (2004); and to Nothrotheriidae by Varela et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Eutardigrada by Gaudin (1995); to Megatheriidae by Hay (1930) and Villarroel (1998); to Megalonychidae by Muizon and McDonald (1995) and McDonald and Muizon (2002); to Nothrotheriidae by Muizon et al. (2004); and to Nothrotheriidae by Varela et al. (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1920 | Nothrotheriinae Ameghino |
| 1930 | Nothrotheriinae Hay p. 406 |
| 1995 | Nothrotheriinae Gaudin |
| 1995 | Nothrotheriinae Muizon and McDonald p. 224 |
| 1998 | Nothrotheriinae Villarroel |
| 2002 | Nothrotheriinae McDonald and Muizon p. 350 |
| 2004 | Nothrotheriinae Muizon et al. p. 388 |
| 2019 | Nothrotheriinae Varela et al. |
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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.
Subfm. †Nothrotheriinae Ameghino 1920
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G. †Amphibradys Scillato-Yané and Carlini 1998
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†Amphibradys guiomari Scillato-Yané and Carlini 1998
G. †Chasicobradys Scillato-Yané et al. 1987
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†Chasicobradys intermedius Scillato-Yané et al. 1987
G. †Nothrotheriops Hoffstetter 1954
G. †Nothrotherium Lydekker 1889
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†Nothrotherium mexicanum Freudenberg 1921
†Nothrotherium shastense Sinclair 1905 [Shasta ground sloth]
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Invalid names: Nothrotherium graciliceps Stock 1913 [synonym]
†Nothrotherium shastense hawveri Stock 1918
†Nothrotherium texanum Hay 1916
Invalid names: Coelodon Lund [replaced]
G. †Pronothrotherium Ameghino 1907
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†Pronothrotherium mirabilis Kraglievich 1925
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Invalid names: Pronothrotherium figueirasi Perea 1988 [synonym]
†Pronothrotherium subtypicum Rovereto 1914
†Pronothrotherium typicum Ameghino 1907
G. †Xyophorus Ameghino 1887
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†Xyophorus andinus Ameghino 1891
†Xyophorus atlanticus Ameghino 1891
†Xyophorus crassissimus Ameghino 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Santacrucian to the top of the Holocene or 17.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (77 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Xyophorus atlanticus (210638) | |
| Langhian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Amphibradys guiomari (197692) | |
| Langhian | Bolivia (Potosí) | Xyophorus sp. (68402) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Huilabradys magdaleniensis (188250) Nothrotheriinae indet. (186607) | |
| Laventan | Bolivia (Tarija) | Lakukullus anatisrostratus (38071) | |
| Tortonian | Bolivia (La Paz) | N. sp. (90023) | |
| Tortonian | Brazil (Acre) | Mionothropus cartellei (55602) | |
| Chasicoan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Chasicobradys intermedius (140913) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Nothrotheriinae indet. (198270) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Pronothrotherium mirabilis (55600) | |
| Zanclean | Argentina (Catamarca) | Pronothrotherium typicum (215517 215518) | |
| Pliocene - Middle Pleistocene | Uruguay (San José) | Pronothrotherium figueirasi, Pronothrotherium mirabilis (140995) | |
| Montehermosan | Argentina (Catamarca) | Pronothrotherium typicum (176757) | |
| Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan | Bolivia (Oruro) | Aymaratherium jeani (70643) | |
| Blancan | Mexico (Sonora) | Nothrotheriops sp. (20322) | |
| Blancan | USA (California) | Nothrotheriops shastensis (20117 20119 20120 20121) | |
| Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Pronothrotherium sp. (199154) | |
| Piacenzian | Colombia (La Guajira) | Nothrotherium sp. (166508) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Nothrotherium shastense (93257) Nothrotherium sp. (207456) | |
| Pleistocene | Mexico (Nuevo León) | Nothrotherium sp. (227229) | |
| Pleistocene | Mexico (Jalisco) | Nothrotherium sp. (20285) | |
| Pleistocene | Brazil (Ceara) | Nothrotherium sp. (71302) | |
| Pleistocene | Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) | Nothrotherium sp. (230757) | |
| Pleistocene (glacial) | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Nothrotherium maquinense (140474) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Sao Paulo) | Nothrotherium maquinense (147609) Nothrotherium sp. (147815) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Nothrotheriops shastensis (20478) Nothrotheriops sp. (20400) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Megalonyx sp. (20137) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Oklahoma) | Nothrotheriops shastensis (20484) | |
| Irvingtonian | Mexico (Aguascalientes) | Nothrotherium shastense (20283) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Nothrotheriops shastensis (20123 20126 20327) Nothrotheriops sp. (20161 20272 20294 20387 28224) Nothrotherium sp. (20171) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Texas) | Nothrotherium shastense (20342) | |
| Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Nothrotheriops sp. (20335) | |
| Lujanian (interglacial) | Uruguay (Salto) | Nothrotherium maquinense (140159) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Sante Fé) | Nothrotherium torresi (189512) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Nothrotherium sp. (70704) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Nothrotheriops shastensis (20639) | |
| Rancholabrean (glacial) | USA (California) | Nothrotherium shastense (20624) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Arizona) | Nothrotheriops shastensis (93244) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Nothrotheriops shastensis (76059 76060) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Nothrotheriops shastensis (20273 236636) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Nuevo Leon) | Nothrotherium sp. (71345) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (early glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Nothrotheriops shastensis (85143) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina | Nothrotherium escrivanense (213489) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Belize (Cayo) | Nothrotheriops shastensis (203333) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Uruguay (Canelones) | Nothrotheriops sp. (231913) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Nothrotheriops shastensis (230753 235839) Nothrotherium sp. (85142) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Arizona) | Nothrotheriops sp. (20578) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Nothrotherium shastense (93245) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Santa Fe) | Nothrotheriops sp. (213110) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | Nothrotherium shastense (155393) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Quintana Roo) | Nothrotheriops shastensis (212361) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (New Mexico) | Nothrotherium sp. (93376) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Bahia) | Nothrotherium maquinense (71313 212448 212449) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial) | USA (Arizona) | Nothrotheriops shastensis (93374) | |
| Holocene | Brazil (Bahia) | Nothrotherium maquinense (212250) |