Named By: | Spillmann in 1948 |
Time Period: | Late Pliocene - Early Holocene, 4.9-0.011 Ma |
Location: | North and South America |
Size: | 6 meters long |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Multiple specimens, some almost complete |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Xenarthra | Pilosa | Megatheriidae | |
Also known as: | | Schaubia | Schaubitherium | Xenocnus | |
Eremotherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Megatheriidae, endemic to North America and South America during the Pleistocene epoch. It lived from 4.9 mya--11,000 years ago existing (as a genus) for approximately 4.889 million years.
E. rusconi reached a length up to 6 m (20 ft) and a weight of more than 3 tonnes.