Full Megatherium Fossil Skeleton

A full fossil skeleton of the Megatherium, an elephant sized ground sloth. The animal was extinct during the Pleistocene, and found in Buenos Aires. The shape of the skull suggests that the animal is an ancestor of the sloth and anteater.

Keywords

skeleton, mammals, mammal, mammal skeleton, Megatherium Fossil Skeleton, Giant Sloth, Giant Anteater

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Mammal Anatomy: Skeleton

Source

Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed., vol. 18) (New York, NY: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1910)

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