Proschismotherium
Proschismotherium Temporal range: Early Miocene, Santacrucian
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Genus: | †Proschismotherium |
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†Proschismotherium oppositum Ameghino, 1902
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Proschismotherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Megatheriidae, endemic to Argentina during the Early Miocene. It lived from 17.5 mya — 16.3 mya, existing (as a genus) for approximately 1.2 million years.[1] The type, and only, species, P. oppositum, was named in 1902 by Florentino Ameghino based on a single specimen found in the Santacrucian-aged of Argentina.[2] Ameghino in 1902 placed Proschismotherium in the ,[2] a subfamily of the Megatheriinae, alongside , which was its sister taxon.[1][3]
References[]
- ^ a b R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution 1-698
- ^ a b F. Ameghino. 1902. Première contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique des couches à [First contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Colpodon Beds]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:71-141
- ^ McKenna & Bell (1997) Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level
Categories:
- Prehistoric sloths
- Fossil taxa described in 1902