Prepoplanops

Prepoplanops
Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian-Friasian)
~18.3–15.97 Ma
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Calcaneum of Prepoplanops boleadorensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: †Megatheriidae
Subfamily: †Planopsinae
Genus: †Prepoplanops
Carlini et al. 2013
Species:
†P. boleadorensis
Binomial name
†Prepoplanops boleadorensis
Carlini et al. 2013

Prepoplanops is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Megatheriidae. It lived in the Miocene around 18 to 16 million years ago of what is now Argentina. The only known species is Prepoplanops boleadorensis.[1]

  1. ^ Carlini, Alfredo A.; Brandoni, Diego; Dal Molin, Carlos N. (2013). "A new genus and species of Planopinae (Xenarthra: Tardigrada) from the Miocene of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina". Zootaxa. 3694 (6): 565–578. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3694.6.4. hdl:11336/18925. ISSN 1175-5326. PMID 26312311.