Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae
Alternative combination: Nothrotheriops shastensis
Synonym: Nothrotherium graciliceps Stock 1913
Full reference: W. J. Sinclair. 1905. New Mammalia from the Quaternary caves of California. University of California Publication Bulletin of the Department of Geology 4(7):145-161
Belongs to Nothrotherium according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hill and Gillette 1987, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McDonald 1995 and Stock 1918
Sister taxa: Nothrotherium maquinense, Nothrotherium mexicanum, Nothrotherium texanum, Coelodon maquinense
Type specimens:
- Nothrotherium shastense: UCMP 8422 (partial right edentulous mandible). Its type locality is Potter Creek Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in California.
- Nothrotherium graciliceps:
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belize (1 collection), Mexico (3), United States (16: Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas)
• Blancan of United States (4: California)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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