Proplatyarthrus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Pilosa
Subordo: Folivora
Familia: †Orophodontidae
Genera: Proplatyarthrus

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Proplatyarthrus is an extinct genus of actively mobile ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to South America.[1]

Taxonomy

Proplatyarthrus was named by Ameghino (1905). It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Carroll (1988.[2]

Sister genera

Acratocnus, Ahytherium (syn. Iporangabradyx, Iporangabradyx collecti), Analcimorphus, Choloepus, Diheterocnus, Hyperleptus, Megalocnus, Megalonychops, Megalonychotherium, Megalonyx (syn. Morotherium), Meizonyx, Mesocnus, Microcnus, Miocnus, Nothropus, Pliometanastes.

References

1. ^ PaleoBiology Database: Proplatyarthrus, basic info
2. ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698