Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Alternative combination: Eremotherium mirabile
Belongs to Megatherium according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Cartelle and De Iuliis 1995, Gazin 1957, Hay 1902, Hulbert and Pratt 1998, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1860 and Webb and Wilkins 1984
Sister taxa: 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 burmeisteri, Neoracanthus brackebuschianus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Edisto Island (Quaternary of South Carolina)
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