Mionothropus

Mionothropus Temporal range: Late Miocene (Huayquerian) ~7.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Pilosa
Family:	†Nothrotheriidae
Subfamily:	†Nothrotheriinae
Genus:	†Mionothropus De Iuliis et al. 2011
Species
M. cartellei De Iuliis et al. 2011 (type)

Mionothropus is an extinct genus of nothrotheriine nothrotheriid sloth which existed in Peru in the western Amazon Basin, during the late Miocene (Huayquerian age). It is known from the holotype LACM 4609/117533, which includes cranial remains, recovered from the riverbank deposits of the Iñapari Formation in the Río Acre region, were originally assigned to Nothropus priscus. It was first named by Gerardo De Iuliis, Timothy J. Gaudin and Matthew J. Vicars in 2011 and the type species is Mionothropus cartellei. The generic name is derived from "Mio", is a reference to the Miocene provenance of the holotype, and "nothropus" refers to the initial allocation of the holotype to this genus from the South American Pleistocene. The specific name honours Dr. Castor Cartelle.^[1]

Phylogeny

Cladogram after De Iuliis, Gaudin & Vicars, 2011:^[1]

References

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Pilosan genera

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Superorder: Xenarthra

Pilosa
Vermilingua †Argyromanis †Orthoarthrus Cyclopedidae Cyclopes †Palaeomyrmidon Myrmecophagidae Myrmecophaga †Neotamandua †Protamandua Tamandua Folivora †Pseudoglyptodon †Megalocnidae Acratocnus Imagocnus Megalocnus Mesocnus Miocnus Neocnus Parocnus Mylodontoidea Choloepus †Scelidotheriidae Analcitherium Catonyx Chubutherium Nematherium? Neonematherium Proscelidodon Scelidodon Scelidotheridium Scelidotheriops Scelidotherium Sibyllotherium Valgipes †Mylodontidae Baraguatherium Eionaletherium Nematherium Octodontobradys Octodontotherium Octomylodon Orophodon Paroctodontotherium Pseudoprepotherium Urumacotherium Mylodontinae Archaeomylodon Brievabradys? Glossotheriopsis Megabradys Mylodonopsis Ocnotherium Oreomylodon? Promylodon Ranculcus Strabosodon Lestodontini Bolivartherium Lestobradys Lestodon Magdalenabradys Sphenotherus Thinobadistes Mylodontini Glossotheridium Glossotherium Kiyumylodon Mylodon Paramylodon Pleurolestodon Simomylodon Megatherioidea see below↓

Megatherioidea
Megatherioidea Bradypus †Hapalops †Hiskatherium †Hyperleptus †Pelecyodon †Schismotherium †Similhapalops †Megalonychidae Deseadognathus Hapalops? Hyperleptus? Mesopotamocnus Paulocnus Proplatyarthrus Urumacocnus Ortotheriinae Diodomus Eucholoeops Hapaloides Megalonychotherium Ortotherium Paranabradys Pliomorphus Proschismotherium Pseudortotherium Torcellia Megalonychinae Ahytherium Australonyx Megalonychops Megalonyx Megistonyx Meizonyx Nohochichak Pattersonocnus Pliometanastes Protomegalonyx Sinclairia Xibalbaonyx Zacatzontli †Megatheria Analcimorphus Nothrotheriidae Neohapalops Thalassocnus? Nothrotheriinae Amphibradys Aymaratherium Chasicobradys Huilabradys Lakukullus Mcdonaldocnus Mionothropus Nothropus Nothrotheriops Nothrotherium Pronothrotherium Xyophorus Megatheriidae Thalassocnus? Planopsinae Planops Prepotherium Prepoplanops Proprepotherium Megatheriinae Anisodontherium Diabolotherium Eomegatherium Eremotherium Megathericulus Megatheridium Megatheriops Megatherium Ocnopus Perezfontanatherium Plesiomegatherium Pliomegatherium Proeremotherium Promegatherium Pyramiodontherium Sibotherium Urumaquia

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