#paramylodon

[daily-mspaint-paleoart]

14/07/2026 Paramylodon

[knuppitalism-with-ue]

After these lanky ones I felt like I needed a chonky one.

Paramylodon fits that description.

[antiqueanimals]

Terra: The Member's Magazine of The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 1989 Wall Calender: Treasures of the Tar Pits. Illustration by Mark Hallett.

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[chiliger]

Paramylodon (Harlan’s Ground Sloth)

[nathan-e-rogers]

Paramylodon

Pliocene-Pleistocene Epochs, Cenozoic

I had the great opportunity to work on this image for the Mace Brown Museum of Natural History at the College of Charleston, SC, with guidance from paleontologist Dr. Scott Persons.

You can watch a virtual tour of the Museum's exhibits at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZ9NcUeXAA&list=PL4-bAC0oaWu445vvKgvIqIxP8OCndikoV

[rebeccaolver]

This is a commission for a paleontologist friend of mine. Goth Sloth! The giant ground sloth was larger than an elephant, but it walked on the outsides of its feet! So bizarre!

[otussketching]

Saying that the nose of a Harlan's ground sloth is big would be a minor understatement.

[cry-olophosaurus]

Paramylodon harlani (Harlan's ground sloth) at the La Brea Tar Pits Museum. Paramylodon is a genus of ground sloth known from a single species, P. harlani, which was endemic to late Pliocene North America. It was approximately 3 meters long as an adult and could have weighed over 1,000 kg. It probably primarily walked on all fours, but could have stood up on its hind legs to reach vegetation, or as a defensive posture. Its large gut and dentition tell us it probably grazed on grasses and foliage. Its teeth never stopped growing as an adult and they relied on constant grinding of food to keep them worn down. It lived along side other famous animals from the ice age, including dire wolves and mammoths, and probably fell prey to saber-toothed cats.