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Megatherium americanum
Reconstruction of of Megatherium americanum (感謝 Gabriel Ugueto 提供) Age Quaternary(Chibanian-Greenlandian) 0.4-0.008 Ma Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Pilosa Family: Megatheriidae Genus: Megatherium Species: Megatherium americanum Morphological description Megatherium americanum , the giant ground sloth of the Americas, represents one of the largest members of the order Pilosa, with an estimated body mass of approximately 4 tonnes and a body

演化之聲
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Glossotherium robustum
Reconstruction of Glossotherium robustum (圖片來源:Emőke Dénes,採用 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權) Age Quaternary(Late Pleistocene) 0.129-0.0117 Ma Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Pilosa Family: Mylodontidae Subfamily: Mylodontinae Genus: Glossotherium Species: Glossotherium robustum Morphological description The anterior portion of the maxilla in Glossotherium robustum is broad, producing an approximately triangular outline. The palate is likewise wide in it

演化之聲
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