Proplatyarthrus (original) (raw)
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Extinct ground sloth from Chubut, Argentina
| _Proplatyarthrus_Temporal range: Early Oligocene (Tinguirirican-Deseadan)~33.9–28.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Talus bone of Proplatyarthrus | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Family: | †Megalonychidae |
| Genus: | †ProplatyarthrusAmeghino 1905 |
| Type species | |
| †_P. longipes_Ameghino, 1905 |
Proplatyarthrus is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Megalonychidae, endemic to Chubut Province, Argentina.[1]
Proplatyarthrus was named and a talus bone described by Florentino Ameghino in 1905.[2] It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Carroll in 1988.[3]
- ^ "PaleoBiology Database: Proplatyarthrus, basic info". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ^ Ameghino, 1905, p.59
- ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
- Ameghino, Florentino (1905), "La faceta articular inferior única del astrágalo de algunos mamíferos no es un carácter primitivo", Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires, 12: 1–64, retrieved 2016-07-27
- R. Hitz, M. Reguero, A. R. Wyss and J. J. Flynn. 2000. New interatheriines (Interatheriidae, Notoungulata) from the Paleogene of Central Chile and Southern Argentina. Fieldiana: Geology (New Series) 42:1-26