Promegatherium
Extinct genus of mammals from Argentina
Promegatherium ("before Megatherium") is a genus of prehistoric xenarthrans that lived in Argentina, during the Late Miocene. This genus is regarded as closely related to the later, and more famous genus, Megatherium, hence the reference in the name. The first specimens of Promegatherium were originally described by the biologist Florentino Ameghino in 1883.
Promegatherium was first described by Argentine paleontologist Florentino Ameghino in 1883 on the basis of an isolated molariform. In 1886, he named another species, P. remulsum, on the basis of molariform fragments.
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