Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae
Parent taxon: Nothrotheriidae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Gaudin 1995, Hay 1930, McDonald and Muizon 2002, Muizon and McDonald 1995, Muizon et al. 2004 and Villarroel 1998
Sister taxa: Mcdonaldocnus, Neohapalops, Thalassocninae
Subtaxa: Amphibradys Aymaratherium Chasicobradys Huilabradys Lakukullus Mionothropus Nothrotheriops Nothrotherium Pronothrotherium Xyophorus
Type: Nothrotherium
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (3 collections), Belize (1), Bolivia (1), Brazil (9), Mexico (5), United States (32: Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas), Uruguay (2)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (4: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Uruguay (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (4), Bolivia (1), Colombia (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (2)
• Miocene of Argentina (3), Bolivia (3), Brazil (1), Colombia (2)
Total: 76 collections including 77 occurrences