Neonematherium
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| Neonematherium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Family: | †Scelidotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Neonematherium Ameghino 1904 |
| Species: | †N. flabellatum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Neonematherium flabellatum Ameghino 1904 | |
Neonematherium is an extinct genus of scelidotheriid ground sloths that lived in Argentina,[1] Chile, and Colombia during the Early to Late Miocene. Fossils have been found in the Honda Group of Colombia,[2] and the Río Frías Formation of Chile.[3]
