Pronothrotherium
Extinct genus of ground sloths
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Pronothrotherium is an extinct genus of ground sloths from Argentina and Uruguay.[1][2] Fossils of Pronothrotherium have been found in the Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina.[3] The body weight of the animal has been estimated at 937 kg (2,066 lb).[4]
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| Skeletal mount of Pronothrotherium typicum, Field Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Family: | †Nothrotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Nothrotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Pronothrotherium Ameghino, 1907 |
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| †Pronothrotherium typicum Ameghino, 1907 | |
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