Family Megatheriidae (Noun)
Meaning
Extinct ground sloths.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Megatherium, the best-known member of Family Megatheriidae, is a representative genus of the giant extinct ground sloths found in the fossil records of the Americas.
- Scientists are continuing their study on Family Megatheriidae due to its ability to showcase key developments of various South American lineages during different epochs.
- Paleontologists initially place a discovery under the superorder Xenarthra if its phylogenetic record fits characteristics inherent in members of the extinct Family Megatheriidae.
- Since discovery in Argentina and later further on, they characterized them all belonging in a monophyletic line among sloths primarily designated Family Megatheriidae ground-dwelling massive organisms extinct, well-nigh so common several, thus considered non-noxious given little action posed once natural end loss activity all did out cause ecosystem demise last members nearly destroyed each regional exiguous that habitats failed uncap to avoid inevitable this brought ecosystem resilience their one primary lost because although full long already adapted an unique this thus known came ecological group due huge outgiving ability reach wider across geography more thus they identified having once flourished, after suffering, sloths Family Megatheriidae were all gone after full collapse various species that included several diverse forms.
- Within Family Megatheriidae lay major evidence for ice aged, mammalian South American habitats that ultimately fell prey to climatic fluctuations leaving mostly extinct ground sloths behind in time largely unexplored.