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  2. Category:Prehistoric sloths - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Prehistoric sloths" The following 90 pages are in this category, out of 90 total. ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Megatherium - Wikipedia

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    Based on fossil trackways and the anatomy of its inner ear, which is considerably different from living sloths and more similar to those of armadillos, species of Megatherium, while probably not capable of moving at considerable speed due to limitations of their skeletal anatomy (with one study estimating a max speed of approximately 2.2 metres ...

  5. 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.

  6. Sloths were once as large as elephants - AOL

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    Unfortunately, the bulk of sloth species that once roamed the earth -- some of which grew to be the size of elephants -- cannot say the same. Long ago, there Sloths were once as large as elephants

  7. Giant sloth vs ancient man: fossil footprints track ... - AOL

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    Standing over 2 meters tall, with forelegs tipped with claws, giant sloths lived until around 11,000 years ago. Giant sloth vs ancient man: fossil footprints track prehistoric hunt Skip to main ...

  8. Glossotherium - Wikipedia

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    Glossotherium is an extinct genus of large mylodontid ground sloths of the subfamily Mylodontinae. It represents 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) long and possibly weighed up to 1,002.6–1,500 kg.

  9. Giant sloth versus ancient man: fossil footprints track ... - AOL

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    Scientists have uncovered evidence of ancient humans engaged in a deadly face-off with a giant sloth, showing for the first time how our ancestors might have tackled such a formidable prey.