Megalonyx
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megalonyx-188-3109491
title:
Megalonyx
text:
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 during at the end of the Late Pleistocene, living from ~5 million to ~13,000 years ago. The type species, M. jeffersonii, the youngest and largest known species, measured about 3 meters (9.8 ft) in length and weighed up to 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb). Megalonyx is suggested to have descended from Pliometanastes, a genus of ground sloth that
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of ground sloths
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalonyx
date created:
2005-12-09T11:15:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T19:01:12Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Megalonyx_AMNH.jpg","width":2046,"height":1587}
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13
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