Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Xenarthra
Family: Megatheriidae
Genus: Promegatherium
Species: P. cabreri
P. nanum
P. parvulum
P. remulsum
P. smaltatum
Temporal Range: Miocene Epoch
Promegatherium is a genus of prehistoric sloth that lived in South America, primarily Argentina during the Middle to upper Miocene. This genus is regarded as closely related to the later anmd more famous genus, Megatherium, hence the reference in the name. The first specimens of Promegatherium were originally described by the biologist Florentino Ameghino in 1887.
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