These were the first fossils of Megalocnus outside of Cuba described, and were named in 2000 as a new species, Megalocnus zile. However, the species has...
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They displayed significant diversity in body size and lifestyle, with Megalocnus being terrestrial and probably weighing several hundred kilograms, while...
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or capybara) and the ground sloths Cubanocnus, Miocnus, Mesocnus, and Megalocnus, some of these sloths being roughly the size of a black bear. It was probably...
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suggests an age of between 2819 and 2660 BCE for the last occurrence of Megalocnus in Cuba. They survived 5,000–6,000 years longer in the Caribbean than...
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similar glacial retreats were not associated with similar extinction rates. Megalocnus and some other Caribbean sloths survived until about 5,000 years ago,...
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Parocnus-sized to Megalocnus-sized or larger. Its relationships to other Antillean sloths are not immediately clear, though the genera Megalocnus and Parocnus...
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were generally smaller than those found on the South American continent. Megalocnus were the largest genus at up to 90 kilograms (200 lb), Acratocnus were...
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genetic studies, as it includes the Caribbean sloths Neocnus, Parocnus Megalocnus and Arcatocnus which have been placed in the separate family Megalocnidae...
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†Megalocnidae †Acratocnus †Neocnus Incertae sedis: †Paulocnus Subfamily ?? †Megalocnus †Mesocnus Family †Megalonychidae: †Paramiocnus Incertae sedis: †Imagocnus...
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mongoliensis. A display of various species of ground sloths including Megalocnus rodens, Scelidotherium cuvieri, Megalonyx wheatleyi and Glossotherium...
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†Megalocnidae Acratocnus Imagocnus Megalocnus Mesocnus Miocnus Neocnus Parocnus...
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Continental ground sloths Imagocnus I. zazae Cuba Extinct (Early Miocene) Megalocnus M. rodens M. zile Cuba and Hispaniola Extinct (c. 2700 BC) Neocnus Neocnus...
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Lesser Haitian ground sloth Neocnus comes 2280-2240 BC Cuban giant sloth Megalocnus rodens Cuba 8134-1408 BC Chatham raven Corvus moriorum Chatham Islands...
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Megalonyx and Megalocnus. The first molariform is subtrapezoidal in cross-section, while it is subrectangular in Megalonyx and Megalocnus. The m2 and m3...
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†Megalocnidae Acratocnus Imagocnus Megalocnus Mesocnus Miocnus Neocnus Parocnus...
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†Megalocnidae Acratocnus Imagocnus Megalocnus Mesocnus Miocnus Neocnus Parocnus...
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(here, since based on skeletal features, also Caribbean sloths such as Megalocnus or Neocnus). Currently, however, it is not possible to determine direct...
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†Megalocnidae Acratocnus Imagocnus Megalocnus Mesocnus Miocnus Neocnus Parocnus...
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†Megalocnidae Acratocnus Imagocnus Megalocnus Mesocnus Miocnus Neocnus Parocnus...
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†Megalocnidae Acratocnus Imagocnus Megalocnus Mesocnus Miocnus Neocnus Parocnus...
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†Megalocnidae Acratocnus Imagocnus Megalocnus Mesocnus Miocnus Neocnus Parocnus...
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†Megalocnidae Acratocnus Imagocnus Megalocnus Mesocnus Miocnus Neocnus Parocnus...
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terrestrial ground sloth, being the second largest Caribbean sloth after Megalocnus, with the body mass of the various species of the genus estimated at around...
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†Megalocnidae Acratocnus Imagocnus Megalocnus Mesocnus Miocnus Neocnus Parocnus...
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†Megalocnidae Acratocnus Imagocnus Megalocnus Mesocnus Miocnus Neocnus Parocnus...
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fauna of Cuba was mainly composed of several ground sloth genera, such as Megalocnus, Acratocnus, and Parocnus. along with large tortoises and rodents. The...
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†Megalocnidae Acratocnus Imagocnus Megalocnus Mesocnus Miocnus Neocnus Parocnus...
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