| Pronothrotherium | |
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| Skeletal mount ofPronothrotherium typicum,Field Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Family: | †Nothrotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Nothrotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Pronothrotherium Ameghino, 1907 |
| Type species | |
| †Pronothrotherium typicum Ameghino, 1907 | |
| Species | |
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Pronothrotherium is anextinctgenus ofground sloths fromArgentina andUruguay.[1][2] Fossils ofPronothrotherium have been found in theItuzaingó Formation ofArgentina.[3] The body weight of the animal has been estimated at 937 kg (2,066 lb).[4]
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