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Paramylodon is an
extinct genus of
ground sloth of the
family Mylodontidae endemic to
North America during the
Pliocene through Pleistocene epochs, living...
- one of the best-known
members of the family,
along with
Mylodon and
Paramylodon.
Reconstructed animals were
between 3 and 4
metres (9.8 and 13.1 ft)...
- show a
group of
humans chasing or har****ing
three Nothrotheriops or
Paramylodon ground sloths may
record the
scene of a hunt. The
tracks are interpreted...
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Mylodon had
about the size of
related forms such as
Glossotherium or
Paramylodon, but was
significantly smaller than the
giant Lestodon. In
terms of physique...
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though osteoderms were only
present in a
handful of
genera (Mylodon,
Paramylodon and Glossotherium) and
absent in others. The
following sloth family phylogenetic...
- wolves, short-faced bears,
American lions,
ground sloths (predominantly
Paramylodon harlani, with much
rarer Megalonyx jeffersonii and
Nothrotheriops shastensis)...
- of caribou/reindeer,
peccaries (Platygonus, Mylohyus),
ground sloths (
Paramylodon),
glyptodonts (Glyptotherium), tapirs, the
camel Camelops, and the llama...
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Paramylodon harlani (Mylodontidae, San Diego)...
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terror birds,
sabertooth cats,
giant sloths (Eremotherium, Megalonyx,
Paramylodon),
giant armadillos (Glyptotherium, Holmesina, Pachyarmatherium), gomphotheres...
- S.
fatalis pair
approaching a
group of the
ground sloth Paramylodon, one mired, at the La Brea Tar Pits, by Knight, 1921...
