Pliometanastes
Extinct genus of ground sloths / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pliometanastes is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Megalonychidae endemic to North America during the Late Miocene epoch through very early Pliocene epoch (Hemphillian in the NALMA classification). Its fossils have been found in Costa Rica and across the southern United States from California to Florida.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Pilosa |
Family: | †Megalonychidae |
Subfamily: | †Megalonychinae |
Genus: | †Pliometanastes Hirschfeld & Webb 1968 |
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