Megalonyx
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Megalonyx is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Megalonychidae, native to North America. It evolved during the Pliocene Epoch and became extinct at the end of the Late Pleistocene, living
Megalonyx AMNH
Bones and claw cores of Megalonyx jeffersonii, illustrated by Wistar, 1799
A skeleton of M. jeffersonii on display in the Orton Geological Museum. This skeleton was mounted in 1896.
Life restoration of M. wheatleyi
Ground sloth
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Ground sloths are a diverse group of extinct sloths in the mammalian superorder Xenarthra. They varied widely in size; the largest belonged to the genera Lestodon, Eremotherium and Megatherium, and we
Megalonyx
…Megalonyx (Greek, "great-claw") is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Megalonychidae, native to North America. It evolved during the Pliocene Epoch and became extinct at the end of the Late Pleistocene…
Ground sloths
Fossil Eremotherium skeleton, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
Paramylodon harlani, Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas at Austin
A Tamandua anteater in an upright defensive stance similar to those presumed to have been adopted by ground sloths, per trackways preserved in New Mexico