Megatherium (/ m ɛ ɡ ə ˈ θ ɪər i ə m / meg-ə-THEER-ee-əm; from Greek méga 'great' + theríon (θηρίον) 'beast') is an extinct genus of ground sloths endemic to South America that lived from the Early Pliocene [1] through the end of the Late Pleistocene. [2] It is best known for the elephant-sized type species Megatherium americanum, primarily known from the Pampas, but ranging ...

2024年3月9日 · Measuring up to 7 feet tall and 20 feet long, the Megatherium was a giant ground sloth that thrived in South America. Could it still be alive today? The giant sloth weighed as much as two cars and existed for some 5.3 million years before they — allegedly — went extinct.

Ground sloths are a diverse group of extinct sloths in the mammalian superorder Xenarthra. They varied widely in size with the largest, belonging to genera Lestodon, Eremotherium and Megatherium, being around the size of elephants. Ground sloths represent a paraphyletic group, as living tree sloths are thought to have evolved from ground sloth ...

2018年11月22日 · Megatherium americanum is the scientific name for an extinct species of giant ground sloth. The name means 'great beast from America'. Discovered in 1787 by Manuel Torres in Argentina, the first M. americanum fossils were shipped to the Museo Nacional de Ciencias in Madrid, where the original skeleton is still on display.

2024年12月31日 · Megatherium, largest of the ground sloths, an extinct group of mammals belonging to a group containing sloths, anteaters, glyptodonts, and armadillos that underwent a highly successful evolutionary radiation in South America in the Cenozoic Era (beginning 65.5 million years ago).

2022年3月28日 · The Giant Ground Sloth, also known as the Megatherium, was a genus of enormous rhino-sized ground sloths (as opposed to the modern-day tiny tree sloths) that were indigenous to South America and migrated and spread …

2024年5月27日 · Megatherium americanum, the “great beast from America,” is the only species of giant ground sloth from the Megatherium genus. This mammal belonged to the SuperOrder Xenarthra, comprised of the Order Cingulata (armadillos) and the Order Pilosa, which includes anteaters and sloths.

2019年2月25日 · Towering over the Cenozoic flora of South America, a sloth the size of an elephant stomps across the wilderness. Megatherium – or the giant ground sloth – was one of many megafauna species to roam prehistoric Earth and could grow to around six metres in length from head to tail.

The Megatherium sloths were one of the largest land mammals that ever existed on Earth. They weighed about 2-4 tons, and the length of the body with the tail was up to 6 meters (20 ft). Thus, they were very similar in size to modern elephants, thus outgrowing some mammoth species.