| Proplatyarthrus Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Early Holocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Superorder: | Xenarthra |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Family: | †Megalonychidae |
| Genus: | Proplatyarthrus Ameghino (1905) |
Proplatyarthrus is an extinct genus of actively mobile ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to South America.[1]
Proplatyarthrus was named by Ameghino (1905). It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Carroll (1988.[2]
Acratocnus, Ahytherium (syn. Iporangabradyx, Iporangabradyx collecti), Analcimorphus, Choloepus, Diheterocnus, Hyperleptus, Megalocnus, Megalonychops, Megalonychotherium, Megalonyx (syn. Morotherium), Meizonyx, Mesocnus, Microcnus, Miocnus, Nothropus, Pliometanastes.