Proplatyarthrus
Proplatyarthrus Temporal range: Early Oligocene (Tinguirirican-Deseadan) ~33.9–28.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Talus bone of Proplatyarthrus | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
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Genus: | †Proplatyarthrus Ameghino 1905 |
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Proplatyarthrus is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Megalonychidae, endemic to Chubut Province, Argentina in South America.[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
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
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