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(Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)\n\nBiological Information\nLiving: North America and South America\nDiet: Omnivore, they ate plants such as grasses and tree leaf, some they to eat meat which is scavengers\nPredation: Felids such as Smilodon, canids such as Wolves and Coyotes, some bears; Theropods such as dromaeosaurid Venatosaurus and tyrannosaurid Vastatosaurus rex; large crocodiles\nSize: 20 feet long, 12 feet tall and 8,000 lb\n\nInfo\nMegatherium americanum, also called American Giant Ground Sloth is a world's largest species of ground sloths that lived during in from Zanclean stage of Pliocene to Meghalayan stage of Holocene abut date from 5,000,999 to 1 BC (years ago) and what is now lived in North America and South America. 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Temporal range: Pilocene-Holocene (Zanclean-Meghalayan), 5 million-1 years ago

Classifications
Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa (Eumetazoa)
Superphylum: Deuterostome (Deuterostomia)
Phylum: Chordates (Chordata)
Subphylum: Vertebrate (Vertebrata)
Infraphylum: Gnathostome (Gnathostomata)
Superclass: Tetrapods (Tetrapoda)
Clade: Amniotes (Amniota)
Clade: Synapsids (Synapsida)
Clade: Therapsids (Therapsida)
Clade: Cynodonts (Cynodontia)
Clade: Eucynodonts (Eucynodontia)
Clade: Mammaliamorph (Mammaliamorpha)
Clade: Mammaliaformes (Mammaliaformes)
Class: Mammals (Mammalia/Mammalians)
Clade: Theriimorph (Theriimorpha)
Clade: Theriiformes (Theriiformes)
Subclass: Theria (Theria)
Clade: Eutheria (Eutheria)
Infraclass: Placentals (Placentalia/Placentalians)
Magnorder: Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2021)
Superorder: Xenarthrans (Xenarthra)
Order: Pilosans (Pilosa)
Suborder: Sloth (Folivora)
Superfamily: Megatherioids (Megatheroidea)
Family: Megatheres (Megatheriidae)
Subfamily: Megatheriines (Megatheriinae)
Tribe: Megatheriins (Megatheriini)
Subtribe: Megatheriina (Megatheriina)
Genus: Giant Ground Sloth (Megatherium) (Cuvier, 1796)
Species: American Giant Ground Sloth (Megatherium americanus) (Cuvier, 1796)

NEOPLACENTALIA SYNONYMS
Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Neotheres (Neotheria) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Exarchontoplacentals (Exarchontoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Exprimatoplacentals (Exprimatoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

Biological Information
Living: North America and South America
Diet: Omnivore, they ate plants such as grasses and tree leaf, some they to eat meat which is scavengers
Predation: Felids such as Smilodon, canids such as Wolves and Coyotes, some bears; Theropods such as dromaeosaurid Venatosaurus and tyrannosaurid Vastatosaurus rex; large crocodiles
Size: 20 feet long, 12 feet tall and 8,000 lb

Info
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