Nothrotheriops
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 Nothrotheriops shastensis
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Nothrotheriops is a genus of Pleistocene ground sloths found in North and South America. This genus of bear-sized xenarthrans was closely related to the much larger, and far more famous Megatherium.
Fossils of the best-known species, the Shasta Ground Sloth (N. shastensis), have been found throughout western North America, especially in the American Southwest.
[edit] References
- List of prehistoric species
- Family tree of Megatheriidae
- M. C. McKenna & S. K. Bell (eds.) (1997): Classification of mammals, above the species level. New York: Columbia University Press.
- SDNHM Fossil Mysteries Field Guide, "Ground Sloths" [1]
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