Pliometanastes ("Pliocene wanderer")
First Pliocene Wanderer, Pliometanastes. protistus
Galushi's Pliometanastes, Pliometanastes galushi

Hirschfeld, S. E.  1981.  Pliometanastes protistus (Edentata, Megalonychidae) from Knight's Ferry, California, with discussion of early Hemphillian megalonychids.  PaleoBios, 36: 1-16. (revised type description, Pliometanastes. protistus)

Hirschfeld, S. E. and S. D. Webb.  1968.  Plio-Pleistocene megalonychid sloths of North America.  Bulletin of the Florida State Museum Biological Sciences, 12(5): 213-296. (type description, Megalonyx mathisi & Pliometanstes protistus)

Riecker, R. E. and T. P. Rooney.  1968.  Deformation and polymorphism of enstatite under shear stress; a possible earthquake mechanism.  Special Paper - Geological Society of America: 177-178.

Webb, S. D.  1980a.  Biostratigraphy and biogeography of late Cenozoic megalonychoid sloths (Mammalia; Edentata).  Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 12 (4): 211.

-------- 1980b.  North American mammalian chronology and the Interamerican interchance.  Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 12 (7): 546.

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