Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae
Synonym: Coelodon Lund [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Nothrotheriinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Amson et al. 2017, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Hay 1930, Hoffstetter 1954, Lydekker 1889 and Lydekker 1894
Sister taxa: Amphibradys, Aymaratherium, Chasicobradys, Huilabradys, Lakukullus, Mionothropus, Nothrotheriops, Pronothrotherium, Xyophorus
Subtaxa: Coelodon maquinense Nothrotherium maquinense Nothrotherium mexicanum Nothrotherium shastense Nothrotherium texanum
Type: Coelodon maquinense
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Belize (1), Bolivia (1), Brazil (9), Mexico (5), United States (24: Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas), Uruguay (1)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (4: California)
• Pliocene of Colombia (1)
Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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