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Lestodon is an
extinct genus of
giant ground sloth native to
South America during the
Pleistocene epoch. Its
fossil remains have been
primarily been found...
- Xenarthra. They
varied widely in size with the largest,
belonging to
genera Lestodon,
Eremotherium and Megatherium,
being around the size of elephants. Ground...
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mylodontids (though it was
considerably exceeded in size by the
mylodontid Lestodon). The
oldest finds probably date to the
Lower Pleistocene; however, most...
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species of
Lestodon. It can be
distinguished from the
latter in
having a
lower rostrum and the
upper caniform which is more
curved than in
Lestodon, much like...
- Mylodon, on the
other hand,
forms the
basis of the
advanced mylodonts and
Lestodon clades with some
forms from
northern South America. In the same year, a...
- the
smaller (though
still large)
ground sloths Mylodon,
Glossotherium Lestodon and Catonyx, the
rhinoceros like
ungulate Toxodon, the camel-like Macrauchenia...
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single skull,
which in its
dimensions corresponds to
those of the
giant Lestodon. However, the
skull differs from this one by its
narrower and
higher snout...
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ground sloths by the
closely related Eremotherium and the
distantly related Lestodon. The
Chilean Pseudomegatherium species M.
sundti was much smaller, with...
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sequence data
indicates the
group is less
closely related to
Mylodon and
Lestodon than
Choloepus is, and thus it has been
elevated back to full
family status...
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Megatherium americanum (A, top left)
Eremotherium laurillardi (B, top right),
Lestodon armatus (C,
middle left)
Mylodon darwinii (D,
middle right) Glossotherium...
