Return to southwestern US Return to Brazil Return to southeastern USA
Use this part to access resources about each of the three giant ground sloths known from the southwestern US.
Harlan’s Ground sloth Jefferson’s Ground sloth Shasta Ground sloth
Paramylodon harlani Megalonyx jeffersoni Nothrotheriops shastensis
Inferred diet of P. harlani On the origin of the name Story of its discovery
Rare find in Arizona Thomas Jefferson’s report of Giant sloth
Extinct giant ground sloth (all 3) the clawed animal (p. 246-258) Sloth diet inferred from dung
Fourth sloth discovered Megalonyx Original paper (1929)
Use this part to access resources about both of the giant ground sloths known from Brazil.
Glossotherium robustus Eremotherium laurillardi
Original description of M. robustus What giant beasts carved out these South American mega-tunnels? (both)
Glossotherium summary - Wikipedia Range of E. laurillardi - Wikipedia
Fossil evidence of frequency E. laurillardi: The Panamerican late Pleistocence megatheriid sloth
range of hearing independent of Carbon idsotope in tooth enamel of Pleistocene mega mammals-abstract
Use this part to access resources about each of the giant ground sloths known from the southeastern US.
Eremotherium laurillardi Megalonyx jeffersoni
Eremotherium - Wikipedia, scroll down to E. laurillardi Megalonyx jeffersoni fossils
Ground sloths of South Carolina - includes Giant Ground Sloth Megalonyx
Eremotherium, Megalonyx, and Paramylodon species - scientific paper
Eremotherium lauillardi: the panamerican late Pleistocene megatheriid sloth -
scientific paper
