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Megatherium filholi Moreno, 1888

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

Argentina

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Agnolin, Federico L.; Chimento, Nicolás R.; Brandoni, Diego; Boh, Daniel; Campo, Denise H.; Magnussen, Mariano; De Cianni, Francisco. (2018). New Pleistocene remains of Megatherium filholi Moreno, 1888 (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Pampean Region: Implications for the diversity of Megatheriinae of the Quaternary of South America. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 289(3): 339-348. [Abstract]

Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]

 

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