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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...
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about 6
metres (20 ft) long,
slightly larger than its
close relative Megatherium.
Eremotherium was
widespread in
tropical and
subtropical lowlands and...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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million years ago, in
South America. The
group includes the
heavily built 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...
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called it B.
megatherium ****uming the name was
incorrectly spelled. This
trend continues as many
scientists still use the name B.
megatherium,
sowing confusion...
