Name - Megatherium americanum

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1224883 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Megatherium americanum Cuvier 1796

• Megatherium americanum Ameghino 1885

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Recent Publications

• Could Eremotherium laurillardi (Lund, 1842) (Megatheriidae, Xenarthra) be an omnivore species?
• THE PALEOECOLOGY OF PLEISTOCENE GIANT MEGATHERIID SLOTHS: STABLE ISOTOPES ([delta]|1|3C, [delta]|1|8O) OF CO-OCCURRING MEGATHERIUM AND EREMOTHERIUM FROM SOUTHERN BRAZIL.
• PALEOPATHOLOGIES OF THE CLAVICLES OF THE GIANT GROUND SLOTH MEGATHERIUM AMERICANUM (MAMMALIA, XENARTHRA) FROM THE PLEISTOCENE OF THE PAMPEAN REGION (ARGENTINA).
• Paleoenvironment from the Nahuel Huapi Region (Argentina) based on Δ13C and Δ15N and AMS dates from extinct and extant species of the last 20.000 cal BP.
• A historical look at discovery, study and interpretation of Megatherium americanum Cuvier, 1796: The particular case of the Valencia megatherium.

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