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2. Megatherium - Wikipedia

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   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]

3. Eucholoeops - Wikipedia

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   Eucholoeops (sometimes incorrectly spelled Eucholaeops [2]) is a genus of megalonychid ground sloth that lived in southernmost Argentina.Fossils have been recovered from the lower Santa Cruz Formation of Patagonia, which has been dated to the Early Miocene.

4. Ground sloth - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (book) - Wikipedia

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   The book's fictional author, Newt Scamander, does not appear in the main Harry Potter book series. However, his name is seen on the Marauder's Map in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban film. [4] He is the central character of the Fantastic Beasts film series, in which he is played by Eddie Redmayne.

6. Eremotherium - Wikipedia

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   Eremotherium (from Greek for "steppe" or "desert" "beast": ἔρημος "steppe or desert" and θηρίον "beast") is an extinct genus of giant ground sloth in the family Megatheriidae. Eremotherium lived in southern North America, Central America, and northern South America from the Pliocene , around 5.3 million years ago, to the end of the ...

7. Megatheriidae - Wikipedia

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   Closeup of hand, showing claws Closeup of skull. Megatheriidae is a family of extinct ground sloths that lived from approximately 23 mya—11,000 years ago. [3]Megatheriids appeared during the Late Oligocene (Deseadan in the SALMA classification), some 29 million years ago, in South America.

8. Magical creatures in Harry Potter - Wikipedia

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   An editor has performed a search and found that sufficient sources exist to establish the subject's notability. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Magical creatures in Harry Potter" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message ...

9. Nothrotheriops - Wikipedia

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   Nothrotheriops is a genus of Pleistocene ground sloth found in North America, from what is now central Mexico to the southern United States. [1] This genus of 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. [2]