Giant Ground Sloth - Lestodon armatus (South America)

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Giant Ground Sloth - Lestodon armatus (South America) - epaiva - 12-14-2018

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Lestodon is a extint genus of megafaunal Ground sloth from South America during the Miocene to Pleistocene periods. Its fossil remains have been found in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Brazil. Measuring approximately 4,6 meters (15 ft) from snout to tail tip, it is estimated to have weighed 2.590 Kilograms, it was a herbivore and primarily fed on grasses on the South American plains and is thought to perhaps have used its semi-bipedal stance to obtain foliage from trees. Lestodon is placed as member of the Mylodontidae as indicated by the lobed form of the last tooth in the dentition.
Taken from the book End of the Megafauna, The fate of the Worlds Huges, Fiercest, and Strangest animals (ROSS D. E. MacPHEE with Ilustrations of Peter Schouten)

RE: Giant Ground Sloth - Lestodon armatus (South America) - epaiva - 12-14-2018

Skull and Paw of Giant Ground Sloth in Harvard Museum of Natural History
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