Megatherium americanum Cuvier 1796 (edentate)

Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae

Alternative combination: Megatherium cuvieri

Synonyms: Essonodontherium gervaisi Gervais and Ameghino 1880, Megatherium gervaisi Gervais and Ameghino 1880

Belongs to Megatherium according to A. E. Zurita et al. 2004

See also Ameghino 1889, Deschamps 2005, Edmund and Hoffstetter 1970, Fernicola et al. 2009, Hay 1902, Lydekker 1894 and Pujos 2006

Sister taxa: Megatherium altiplanicum, 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

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (21 collections), Bolivia (4), Brazil (3), Paraguay (1), Peru (2), United States (2: Georgia), Uruguay (2)

• Miocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence

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