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The Truth About Megalodon: The World’s Largest Extinct Shark

Post author By maxsblogosaurus
Post date July 22, 2020
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By now, I’m sure you’ve heard of Megalodon, or at least watched The Meg. But does the Jason-Statham adrenaline fuel have any basis in reality?

Tags fossils, Livyatan, Megalodon, Miocene, Nature, Oceans, palaeontology, Paleo, Paleocene, Paleontology, Peru, prehistory, Sharks, USA

Mammals

The Fascinating Ancestry of the Sloth

Post author By maxsblogosaurus
Post date July 16, 2020
4 Comments on The Fascinating Ancestry of the Sloth

While sloths today are lethargic tree-dwellers, their ancestors were different beasts entirely. But what happened to these wonderful animals? And what does Thomas Jefferson have to do with them?

Tags Alaska, Argentina, Brazil, Cenozoic, Chile, Ground Sloths, Megalonyx, Megatherium, palaeontology, Paleontology, Peru, Plistocene, Prehistoric, prehistory, South America, Thalassocnus, USA