Sibotherium
Extinct genus of ground sloths / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Sinotherium.
Sibotherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth in the family Megatheriidae that lived in what is now Costa Rica during the Late Miocene. It was a large ground sloth, weighing more than 2,500 kg.[1]
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Sibotherium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Pilosa |
Family: | †Megatheriidae |
Genus: | †Sibotherium Rincón et al., 2020 |
Species: | †S. ka |
Binomial name | |
†Sibotherium ka Rincón et al., 2020 | |
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