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Glossotherium robustum
Glossotherium robustum
Glossotherium robustum
Glossotherium robustum

Glossotherium robustum

Glossotherium (Glossotherium Owen, 1840)


Order: Pilosa

Family: Mylodontidae

Dimensions: length - 4 m, height - 160 сm, weight -1500 kg

Temporal range: lived in America from the Pleistocene

A typical representative: Glossotherium robustum Owen 1842

 

Glossotherium was a genus of ground sloth. It was a heavily built animal with a length of about 4 metres snout to tail-tip and a weight estimated at 1002.6 kg, and could potentially assume a slight bipedal stance.

Fossils of this animal have been found in South America. It is closely related to Paramylodon of North America, whose specimens have often been confused and assigned to Glossotherium, which in turn was initially assigned to Mylodon. The earliest Glossotherium specimens are known from the Pliocene of South America and are represented by the species, G. chapadmalense. All specimens of Pleistocene age are typically lumped into G. robustum and a few other questionable species. Further research is needed at the species level.

Due to its size and strength, Glossotherium would have had few natural enemies apart from sabre-toothed cats such as Smilodon. It is believed to have died out in Pleistocene.

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Glossotherium (Glossotherium Owen, 1840)


Order: Pilosa

Family: Mylodontidae

Dimensions: length - 4 m, height - 160 сm, weight -1500 kg

Temporal range: lived in America from the Pleistocene

A typical representative: Glossotherium robustum Owen 1842

 

Glossotherium was a genus of ground sloth. It was a heavily built animal with a length of about 4 metres snout to tail-tip and a weight estimated at 1002.6 kg, and could potentially assume a slight bipedal stance.

Fossils of this animal have been found in South America. It is closely related to Paramylodon of North America, whose specimens have often been confused and assigned to Glossotherium, which in turn was initially assigned to Mylodon. The earliest Glossotherium specimens are known from the Pliocene of South America and are represented by the species, G. chapadmalense. All specimens of Pleistocene age are typically lumped into G. robustum and a few other questionable species. Further research is needed at the species level.

Due to its size and strength, Glossotherium would have had few natural enemies apart from sabre-toothed cats such as Smilodon. It is believed to have died out in Pleistocene.

Reviews (9):
Митрич
29.11.2018
Вы правы, Тимур на все 100%! Как говорится, "человеческий фактор"... Однако, в свою очередь,скажем спасибо англо-саксам за то, что никогда не увидим палеоиндейцев! Эти тупые ублюдки истребили уникальнейшую мегафауну Северной Америки (сродни африканской!), тупо ее СОЖРАЛИ, не одомашнив ни одного животного, хотя бы могли водить свои камелопсовые караваны через Панамский мост и встретить кавалерию "бледнолицых" своей кавалерией! А реконструкция офигенная!
Тимур
15.07.2016
За то что вы никогда не увидите этих животных , скажем спасибо палеоиндейцам :(
sally
04.05.2013
pretty
Olga
27.11.2012
Очень достоверные фотографические движения животных. Спасибо, замечательная работа!
rom
27.11.2012
Попытка не пытка.
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