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Megatherium (/mɛɡəˈθɪəriəm/ meg-ə-THEER-ee-əm; from Gr**** méga (μέγα) 'great' + theríon (θηρίον) 'beast') is an
extinct genus of
ground sloths endemic...
- from Uruguay,
though many were
incorrectly referred to the
ground sloth Megatherium by
early paleontologists. The type species, G. clavipes, was described...
- many
species of
ground sloths ranging up to the size of
elephants (like
Megatherium)
inhabited both
North and
South America during the
Pleistocene Epoch...
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about 6
metres (20 ft) long,
slightly larger than its
close relative Megatherium.
Originating during the Pliocene,
Eremotherium migrated northwards into...
- size with the largest,
belonging to
genera Lestodon,
Eremotherium and
Megatherium,
being around the size of elephants.
Ground sloths represent a paraphyletic...
- The
Megatherium Club was a
group of Washington, D.C.–based
scientists who were
attracted to that city by the
Smithsonian Institution's
rapidly growing...
-
Megatherium,
discovered in
Argentina (mistakenly
referred to as Paraguay),
Jefferson revised his
interpretation and
compared Megalonyx to
Megatherium...
- The
group includes the
largest known ground sloths, the
elephant sized Megatherium (given its name 'great beast' by
Georges Cuvier) and Eremotherium. An...
- bear-sized
xenarthran was
related to the much larger, and far more
famous Megatherium,
although it has
recently been
placed in a
different family, Nothrotheriidae...
- The
Paleontological Museum Megatherium (Spanish:
Museo Paleontológico Megaterio) is a
museum in the
province of
Santa Elena in Ecuador,
located in the...
