Nematherium

Nematherium
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Nematherium angulatum skull and jaw
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Xenarthra
Family: Mylodontidae
Subfamily: Scelidotheriinae
Genus: Nematherium

Nematherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to South America during the Late Pleistocene epochs.[1]

Skull

References

  1. Gaudin, T. J. (2004). "Phylogenetic relationships among sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Tardigrada): The craniodental evidence". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140 (2): 255–305. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2003.00100.x.
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