Lestodon is an extinct genus of giant ground sloth native to South America during the Pleistocene epoch. Its fossil remains have been primarily been found...
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Xenarthra. They varied widely in size with the largest, belonging to genera Lestodon, Eremotherium and Megatherium, being around the size of elephants. Ground...
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mylodontids (though it was considerably exceeded in size by the mylodontid Lestodon). The oldest finds probably date to the Lower Pleistocene; however, most...
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Bolivartherium (redirect from Lestodon urumaquensis)
species of Lestodon. It can be distinguished from the latter in having a lower rostrum and the upper caniform which is more curved than in Lestodon, much like...
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Antifer Dusicyon avus Glossotherium robustum Gomphotheridae indet. Hippidion Lestodon armatus Lundomys molitor Macrauchenia Morenelaphus Neolicaphrium Neuryurus...
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Mylodon, on the other hand, forms the basis of the advanced mylodonts and Lestodon clades with some forms from northern South America. In the same year, a...
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the smaller (though still large) ground sloths Mylodon, Glossotherium Lestodon and Catonyx, the rhinoceros like ungulate Toxodon, the camel-like Macrauchenia...
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ground sloths by the closely related Eremotherium and the distantly related Lestodon. The Chilean Pseudomegatherium species M. sundti was much smaller, with...
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sequence data indicates the group is less closely related to Mylodon and Lestodon than Choloepus is, and thus it has been elevated back to full family status...
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a long period of time. In the case of the likewise giant ground sloth Lestodon from central South America, experts also interpret mass accumulations of...
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they were dug by giant ground sloths, possibly Catonyx, Glossotherium, or Lestodon. Another group believes that even the largest burrows are attributable...
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Megistonyx Mylodontidae spp. (including Scelidotheriinae) Catonyx Glossotherium Lestodon Mylodon Scelidotherium Scelidodon Mylodonopsis Ocnotherium Valgipes All...
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Megatherium americanum (A, top left) Eremotherium laurillardi (B, top right), Lestodon armatus (C, middle left) Mylodon darwinii (D, middle right) Glossotherium...
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fossils have been reported from the formation: Catonyx cuvieri Hippidion Lestodon armatus Macrauchenia Panochthus tuberculatus Smilodon populator Notiomastodon...
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Promylodon Ranculcus Strabosodon Lestodontini Bolivartherium Lestobradys Lestodon Magdalenabradys Sphenotherus Thinobadistes Mylodontini Glossotheridium...
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refers to the genus' morphological similarities to the Plio-Pleistocene Lestodon, while "bradys" means "slow" due to its common use in ground sloths. The...
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Promylodon Ranculcus Strabosodon Lestodontini Bolivartherium Lestobradys Lestodon Magdalenabradys Sphenotherus Thinobadistes Mylodontini Glossotheridium...
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with Mylodon as the type genus and the Lestodontinae, whose type genus is Lestodon, which sometimes also includes Paramylodon and Glossotherium (sometimes...
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bones of the elephant-sized giant ground sloths Megatherium americanum and Lestodon the smaller ground sloths Scelidotherium, Glossotherium and Mylodon, the...
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up a smaller portion of carnivore diets, whereas open grazers such as Lestodon and Macrauchenia were consumed more often. Furthermore, the appearance...
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Promylodon Ranculcus Strabosodon Lestodontini Bolivartherium Lestobradys Lestodon Magdalenabradys Sphenotherus Thinobadistes Mylodontini Glossotheridium...
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Promylodon Ranculcus Strabosodon Lestodontini Bolivartherium Lestobradys Lestodon Magdalenabradys Sphenotherus Thinobadistes Mylodontini Glossotheridium...
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Promylodon Ranculcus Strabosodon Lestodontini Bolivartherium Lestobradys Lestodon Magdalenabradys Sphenotherus Thinobadistes Mylodontini Glossotheridium...
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Promylodon Ranculcus Strabosodon Lestodontini Bolivartherium Lestobradys Lestodon Magdalenabradys Sphenotherus Thinobadistes Mylodontini Glossotheridium...
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Magdalenabradys is considered to be a derived mylodontid, closely related to Lestodon, Pseudoprepotherium, and Thinobadistes. Below is a phylogenetic tree of...
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single skull, which in its dimensions corresponds to those of the giant Lestodon. However, the skull differs from this one by its narrower and higher snout...
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