Proplatyarthrus
| Proplatyarthrus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Talus bone of Proplatyarthrus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Suborder: | Folivora |
| 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 the Sarmiento Formation of the Chubut Province, Argentina.[1]
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
- ↑ "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
Bibliography
- 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
Further reading
- 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
