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Megalonyx jeffersonii
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Megalonyx
Megalonyx
(
Greek
, "large claw") is an extinct
genus
of
giant ground sloths
of the family
Megalonychidae
endemic to
North America
from the
Hemphillian
of the
Late Miocene
through to the
Rancholabrean
of the
Pleistocene
, living from ~10.3
Mya
—11,000 years ago, existing for approximately . Type species,
M. jeffersonii
, measured about 3 m (9.8 ft) and weighted up to 1000
kilograms
.
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