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A collection of dinosaurs and other awesome creatures that are now extinct.
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Megatherium (meaning "Great Beast") was a genus of rhino-sized ground sloths endemic to North America that lived from the Early Miocene-Holocene existing for approximately 17.5 million years. Its size was exceeded by only a few other land mammals, including mammals like the Indricotherium and some elephants. Megatherium had huge claws, and could walk on its hind legs up to eight tons, about as much as a bull African Elephant. Although it was primarily a quadruped, its footprints show that it…
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Megatherium americanum
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It’s well known that the islands of the Mediterranean were formerly home to an assortment of island endemics, all of which are now extinct. Most of the best known ones are mammals like pygmy elephants, pygmy hippos, pygmy megacerine deer and giant dormice, but there were also large birds, tortoises and lizards. My excellent friend…
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