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Megatherium
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Megatherium was a giant ground sloth. That from the late
Pliocene epoch to the early Holocene, between about 2 million
and 8,000 years ago. It is believed to have gone extinct
as a result of hunting by humans.
Megatherium weighed around 5 tons,
and was 20 feet (6 meters) tall when standing on its hind limbs.
It is believed to have stood on its hind legs, using its tail
for support as a tripod, and used its front limbs to pull down
branches from which it would have eaten leaves. It was probably
also equpped with a long tongue.
Megatherium probably most ate leaves, but may also have hunted
or scavenged meat as well - there is for eaxmple, some
suggestion that it could have used its claws as daggers.
One possibility is that Megatherium could have scavenged
kills made by
Smilodon.
Another possibility is that Megatherium may have hunted
Glyptodonts
- a number of fossils of
Glyptodonts
have been showing the creature apparently dying on its back, and
the only creature in the habitat that could have flipped over a
Glyptodont,
is Megatherium.
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Megatherium was a giant ground sloth that lived between 2 million and 8,000 years ago
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By Dr Richard Owen
Sagwan Press
Released: August 23rd, 2015
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Memoir on the Megatherium, or Giant Ground-Sloth of America- Manufacturer: Sagwan Press
- ISBN: 1340001268
- EAN: 9781340001261
Details:- Hardcover
- Number of Pages: 180
- Author: Dr Richard Owen
- Publication Date: August 23rd, 2015
- Release Date: August 23rd, 2015
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By Juan Pimentel
Harvard University Press
Released: January 9th, 2017
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The Rhinoceros and the Megatherium: An Essay in Natural History- Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
- Brand: Harvard University Press
- ISBN: 0674737121
- EAN: 9780674737129
- PartNumber: 9780674737129
Details:- Hardcover
- Format: Illustrated
- Edition: Illustrated
- Number of Pages: 368
- Author: Juan Pimentel
- Publication Date: January 9th, 2017
- Release Date: January 9th, 2017
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By Susan Heinrichs Gray
Brand: Childs World
Released: January 1st, 2005
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Megatherium (Exploring Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures)- Manufacturer: The Childs World Inc
- Brand: Brand: Childs World
- ISBNs: 1592964109, 9781592964109
- EAN: 9781592964109
Details:- Product Category: Library Binding
- Number of Pages: 32
- Author: Susan Heinrichs Gray
- Publication Date: January 1st, 2005
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By William C. Sturgis
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A Soil Bacillus Of The Type Of De Bary's B. Megatherium (1899)- Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
- Brand: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
- ISBN: 116735057X
- EAN: 9781167350573
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- Number of Pages: 36
- Author: William C. Sturgis
- Publication Date: September 10th, 2010
- Release Date: September 10th, 2010
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Giant Sloth: Megatherium (Graphic Prehistoric Animals)- Manufacturer: Smart Apple Media
- ISBN: 1625884095
- EAN: 9781625884091
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- Number of Pages: 32
- Author: Gary Jeffrey
- Publication Date: January 1st, 2017
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By Adrian Lister
Smithsonian Books
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Darwin's Fossils: The Collection That Shaped the Theory of Evolution- Manufacturer: Smithsonian Books
- Brand: Smithsonian Books
- ISBN: 158834617X
- EAN: 9781588346179
Details:- Paperback
- Format: Illustrated
- Edition: Illustrated
- Number of Pages: 160
- Author: Adrian Lister
- Publication Date: April 24th, 2018
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