Pliometanastes

Pliometanastes
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene (Hemphillian)
~10.3–4.9 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: Megalonychidae
Subfamily: Megalonychinae
Genus: Pliometanastes
Hirschfeld & Webb 1968
Species
  • P. galushai Hirschfeld & Webb 1968
  • P. protistus Hirschfeld & Webb 1968 (type)

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]

  1. ^ "Pliometanastes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2011-07-16.