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Prehistoric find: Utilities crew unearths giant ground sloth fossil in Manatee County

Herald-Tribune Sarasota 24 Jul 2025
a fossilized giant ground sloth claw that had been buried in more than 11,000 years ago ... The Megatherium, or giant ground sloth, stood 15 feet tall and weighed more than three tons.
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Florida utility crew accidentally unearths massive claw belonging to 11,000-year-old giant ground sloth named by ...

Virtual Jerusalem 23 Jul 2025
The giant ground sloth was given its scientific ...
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Giant ground sloths evolved three different times for the same reason

New Scientist 23 May 2025
An analysis of the sloth family tree suggests three different groups of the animals evolved to gigantic sizes in response to cold and dry conditions ... .
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Scientists have figured out how extinct giant ground sloths got so big and where it ...

Phys Dot Org 23 May 2025
Most of us are familiar with sloths, the bear-like animals that hang from trees, live life in the ...
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Giant Ground Sloth tooth found during Lubbock road project

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 14 May 2025
The excavation has already dug up a giant find — the tooth of a Giant Ground Sloth ... the Nothrotheriops shastensis, known as the Shasta Ground Sloth, and the Megalonyx, or Large Clawed Ground Sloth, according to the National Park Service.
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