Megatheriinae

Megatheriinae is a subfamily of the Megatheriidae, an extinct family of ground sloths that lived from the Middle Miocene to the Early Holocene.

Megatheriinae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MegatheriidaePBDB
Diet
herbivorePBDB, for Megatheriidae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Megatheriidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 23 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 27.3 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 2 of 311 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 42 of 311 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 28 of 311 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 237 of 311 occurrencesPleistocene28–27 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences19–19 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 1 occurrence16–15 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 3 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 3 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 3 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 4 occurrences10–9.3 Mya — about 3 occurrences9.3–8.4 Mya — about 2 occurrences8.4–7.4 Mya — about 4 occurrences7.4–6.5 Mya — about 7 occurrences6.5–5.6 Mya — about 7 occurrences5.6–4.6 Mya — about 8 occurrences4.6–3.7 Mya — about 9 occurrences3.7–2.8 Mya — about 11 occurrences2.8–1.9 Mya — about 32 occurrences1.9–928 ka Mya — about 43 occurrences928 ka–0 Mya — about 166 occurrences23.04 Mya11.7 ka27.8 Mya0 Mya

311 occurrences of Megatheriinae on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

311 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

71 formations

Ituzaingo — 31.48°S, 60.23°WItuzaingo — 31.63°S, 60.33°WItuzaingo — 31.70°S, 60.48°WItuzaingo — 31.64°S, 60.38°WAndalhuala — 26.68°S, 66.03°WAndalhuala — 26.98°S, 66.22°WAndalhuala — 27.29°S, 66.91°WUmala — 18.83°S, 66.15°WUmala — 17.08°S, 68.00°WUmala — 17.15°S, 68.83°WUmala — 18.35°S, 67.93°WTamiami — 27.30°N, 81.30°WTamiami — 27.30°N, 80.80°WTamiami — 26.50°N, 81.80°WUlloma — 17.42°S, 68.50°WUlloma — 17.50°S, 68.45°WSolimões — 8.82°S, 72.82°WSolimões — 9.86°S, 71.41°WTarija — 21.53°S, 64.73°WTarija — 21.50°S, 64.75°WLujan — 36.78°S, 59.87°WLujan — 38.57°S, 58.70°WLujan — 34.60°S, 59.15°WRío Mayo — 46.10°S, 71.63°WRío Mayo — 45.98°S, 71.62°WRío Mayo — 46.04°S, 71.28°WCerro Azul — 38.76°S, 62.16°WCerro Azul — 37.37°S, 65.47°WSalto Ander Egg — 32.12°S, 60.43°WSalto Ander Egg — 32.07°S, 60.55°WSalto Ander Egg — 32.28°S, 60.37°WCaloosahatchee — 27.04°N, 81.82°WCaloosahatchee — 26.90°N, 82.00°WNuapua — 20.75°S, 63.07°WNuapua — 20.87°S, 63.07°WSopas — 30.43°S, 56.45°WSopas — 32.05°S, 56.12°WVorohué — 38.03°S, 57.72°WVorohué — 38.12°S, 57.70°WSan José — 34.70°S, 56.75°WVillavieja — 3.25°N, 75.17°WUquía — 23.33°S, 65.33°WPisco — 12.21°S, 76.38°WPisco — 3.65°S, 80.60°WCodore — 11.20°N, 70.25°WCodore — 11.26°N, 70.29°WToro Negro — 28.69°S, 68.31°WToro Negro — 28.61°S, 68.24°WUrumaco — 11.20°N, 70.25°WSan Gregorio — 11.30°N, 70.24°WCollón Curá — 42.85°S, 69.46°WCollón Curá — 42.58°S, 70.33°W

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The named rock units Megatheriinae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 47 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 193 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Megatheriinae and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Megatheriinae and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

1,589 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 225 sites for Megatheriinae, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

180 references

Each of the 311 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 168 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Megatheriinae

Credit
en:User:Ballista
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Gill 1872