Megatherium Cuvier 1796 (edentate)

Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae

Synonyms: Essonodontherium Ameghino 1884, Neoracanthus Ameghino 1889, Oracanthus Ameghino 1885

Parent taxon: Megatheriinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019

See also Ameghino 1885, Ameghino 1889, Ameghino 1902, Amson et al. 2017, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Gaudin 1995, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Leidy 1860, Lydekker 1894, Oliver Schneider 1926, Pujos 2006, Pujos and Salas 2004, Rovereto 1914 and Zurita et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Anisodontherium, Diabolotherium, Eremotherium, Megathericulus, Megatheridium, Megatheriops, Plesiomegatherium, Pliomegatherium, Proeremotherium, Pyramiodontherium, Sibotherium, Urumaquia

Subtaxa: Megatherium altiplanicum Megatherium americanum Megatherium antiquum Megatherium bergi Megatherium celendinense Megatherium elenense Megatherium gallardoi Megatherium gaudryi Megatherium istilarti Megatherium lundi Megatherium medinae Megatherium rectidens Megatherium sundti Megatherium tarijense Megatherium uquiense Megatherium urbinai Neoracanthus brackebuschianus Neoracanthus burmeisteri

View classification

Type: Megatherium americanum

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (31 collections), Bolivia (8), Brazil (5), Chile (3), Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Guatemala (1), Nicaragua (1), Paraguay (1), Peru (15), United States (4: Georgia, Texas, Virginia), Uruguay (2)

• Pliocene of Argentina (4)

• Montehermosan of Argentina (1), Bolivia (5)

• Miocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (3), Peru (1)

Total: 88 collections including 94 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.