Diabolotherium

Diabolotherium
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Lujanian)
~0.02–0.011 Ma
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Ventral view of the skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: †Megatheriidae
Genus: †Diabolotherium
Pujos et al., 2007
Species:
†D. nordenskioldi
Binomial name
†Diabolotherium nordenskioldi
Pujos et al, 2007

Diabolotherium is an extinct genus of megatheriine ground sloth, known from the Late Pleistocene of Peru.[1] Unlike most other extinct mainland sloths, it seems to have been a climber, similar to extinct sloths from the Caribbean. Fossils of the genus were found at the coastal Piedra Escrita site and the Andean Casa del Diablo cave.[2]

  1. ^ "Diabolotherium in the Paleobiology Database". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ Pujos, François; De Iluiis, Gerardo; Argot, Christine; Werdelin, Lars (February 2007). "A peculiar climbing Megalonychidae from the Pleistocene of Peru and its implication for sloth history". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 149 (2): 179–235. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00240.x.