Thalassocnus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From thalasso- (“sea, from Ancient Greek θάλασσα (thálassa)”) +‎ English Ocnus (“a deity of laziness”). === Proper noun === †Thalassocnus A taxonomic genus within the family †Nothrotheriidae – certain extinct semi-aquatic ground sloths from the Miocene and Pliocene of the Pacific South American coast. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Xenarthra – superorder; Pilosa – order; Folivora – suborder; Megatherioidea – superfamily; †Nothrotheriidae – family; †Thalassocninae – subfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): †Thalassocnus natans – type species †Thalassocnus antiquus, †Thalassocnus carolomartini, †Thalassocnus littoralis, †Thalassocnus yaucensis – other species ==== References ==== Thalassocnus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Thalassocnus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Thalassocnus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons “Thalassocnus”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026