Nothrotheriops
| Nothrotheriops Temporal range: Pleistocene-early Holocene, | |
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| N. shastensis skeleton with preserved skin, Yale Peabody Museum | |
| Restoration of N. shastensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Family: | †Nothrotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Nothrotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Nothrotheriops Hoffstetter, 1954 |
| Type species | |
| †Nothrotheriops shastensis Sinclair, 1905 | |
| Species | |
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Nothrotheriops is an extinct genus of ground sloths endemic to North America during the Pleistocene to early Holocene (~2.5 Mya until 10,000 years ago). The genus contains two species, N. shastensis and N. texanus, the former of which is also known as the Shasta ground sloth.