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Sibotherium ka
202136202136Sibotherium (†Sibotherium ka (Rincón et al., 2020))
Order: Pilosa
Family: †Megatheriidae
Temporal range: Late Miocene of Costa Rica (~5.8 Ma)
Dimensions: length - 4,6 m, height - 190 сm, weight ~ 2500kg
Sibotherium is an extinct and the oldest known representative of the Megatheriidae that occurred outside of South America and lived in southern Central America and Costa Rica at a time when the Panamanian isthmus was not yet closed, leaving a strait between southern Central America and northwestern Central America. It is believed that Sibotherium or its ancestor reached southern Central America over a temporary land bridge during a period of sea level decline, tectonic rise or a combination of both. It was a large ground sloth, weighing more than 2,500 kg.
Within the family Megatheriidae, Sibotherium belongs to the subfamily Megatheriinae. Sibotherium occupies a basal position within this subfamily and Sibotherium is most closely related to Megathericulus, Pyramiodontherium and Anisodontherium.
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Sibotherium (†Sibotherium ka (Rincón et al., 2020))
Order: Pilosa
Family: †Megatheriidae
Temporal range: Late Miocene of Costa Rica (~5.8 Ma)
Dimensions: length - 4,6 m, height - 190 сm, weight ~ 2500kg
Sibotherium is an extinct and the oldest known representative of the Megatheriidae that occurred outside of South America and lived in southern Central America and Costa Rica at a time when the Panamanian isthmus was not yet closed, leaving a strait between southern Central America and northwestern Central America. It is believed that Sibotherium or its ancestor reached southern Central America over a temporary land bridge during a period of sea level decline, tectonic rise or a combination of both. It was a large ground sloth, weighing more than 2,500 kg.
Within the family Megatheriidae, Sibotherium belongs to the subfamily Megatheriinae. Sibotherium occupies a basal position within this subfamily and Sibotherium is most closely related to Megathericulus, Pyramiodontherium and Anisodontherium.
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