Proplatyarthrus

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Proplatyarthrus
Temporal range: Early Oligocene (Tinguirirican-Deseadan)
~33.9–28.4  Ma
Proplatyarthrus talus bone.jpg
Talus bone of Proplatyarthrus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family:† Megalonychidae
Genus:† Proplatyarthrus
Ameghino 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]

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Taxonomy

Proplatyarthrus was named and a talus bone described by Florentino Ameghino in 1905. [2] It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Carroll in 1988. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "PaleoBiology Database: Proplatyarthrus, basic info". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  2. ↑ Ameghino, 1905, p.59
  3. ↑ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698

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