Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Xenarthra
Family: Mylodontidae
Genus: Scelidotherium
Species: S. leptocephalum
S. parodii
Scelidotherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, endemic to South America during the middle Pleistocene epoch. It lived from 780,000 - 11,000 years ago. They existed for approximately 0.67 million years.
It is characterized by an elongated, superficially anteater-like head. It is known almost exclusively from Argentina, but its distribution may have extended into Paraguay and Uruguay.
The meaning of their name is femur Beast.
They were 3.6 ft tall and about 3000 kgs.
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