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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...
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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...
- from Uruguay,
though many were
incorrectly referred to the
ground sloth Megatherium by
early paleontologists. The type species, G. clavipes, was described...
- The
Megatherium Club was a
group of
scientists based in Washington, D.C. as a
result of the
Smithsonian Institution's
rapidly growing collection, meeting...
- many
species of
ground sloths ranging up to the size of
elephants (like
Megatherium)
inhabited both
North and
South America during the
Pleistocene Epoch...
- size with the largest,
belonging to
genera Lestodon,
Eremotherium and
Megatherium,
being around the size of elephants.
Ground sloths represent a paraphyletic...
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discovery of a well-preserved
fossilized skull of the
giant ground sloth Megatherium near San
Eduardo del Mar,
Province of
Buenos Aires.
According to paleontologists...
- The
group includes the
largest known ground sloths, the
elephant sized Megatherium (given its name 'great beast' by
Georges Cuvier) and Eremotherium. An...
- The
Paleontological Museum Megatherium (Spanish:
Museo Paleontológico Megaterio) is a
museum in the
province of
Santa Elena in Ecuador,
located in the...
- present-day
Argentina was of a giant,
prehistoric ground sloth,
which he
named Megatherium. He also
established two
ungulate genera from the
Paris Basin named Palaeotherium...
