Source Data | |
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Nothrotheriidae : Nothrotherium : Nothrotherium shastense |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Nothrotheriidae : Nothrotherium : Nothrotherium shastense |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Nothrotherium |
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Common Name | Shasta ground sloth |
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Scientific Name | Nothrotherium shastense (Sinclair, 1905) |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Nothrotherium shastense | species | belongs to Nothrotherium | stated without evidence | Sinclair, 1905 | Nothrotherium shastense | species | belongs to Nothrotherium | stated with evidence | Stock, 1918 | Nothrotherium shastense | species | belongs to Nothrotheriops | stated without evidence | Paula Couto, 1971 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 4.90 - 1.80 Ma Cenozoic |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene |
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Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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Diet | herbivore (based on Phyllophaga) |
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Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | 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 |
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Common Name(s) | Shasta Ground Sloth |
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Sinclair W. J. (1905) New Mammalia from the Quaternary caves of California, University of California Publication Bulletin of the Department of Geology 4 7, 145-161 |
Stock C. (1918) The Pleistocene fauna of Hawver Cave, University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10 24, 461-515 |
Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442 |
Hill C. A., Gillette D. D. (1987) A uranium series date for the Shasta ground sloth, Nothrotheriops shastensis, from Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico, Journal of Mammalogy 68 3, 718-719 |
McDonald H. G. (1995) Gravigrade xenarthrans from the early Pleistocene Leisey Shell Pit 1A, Hillsborough County, Florida, Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37 11 |