Nothrotheriops
Nothrotheriops is a genus of Pleistocene ground sloth found in North America, from what is now central Mexico to the southern United States. This genus of bear-sized xenarthran was related to the much larger, and far more famous Megatherium, although it has recently been placed in a different family, Nothrotheriidae. The best known species, N. shastensis, is also called the Shasta ground sloth.
| Nothrotheriops Temporal range: Pleistocene, | |
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| N. shastensis skeleton with preserved skin, Yale Peabody Museum | |
| Restoration of N. shastensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Family: | †Nothrotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Nothrotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Nothrotheriops Hoffstetter, 1954 |
| Type species | |
| †Nothrotheriops shastensis Sinclair, 1905 | |
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