Eremotherium laurillardi Articulated Hand and Foot Replicas

Description

Eremotherium laurillardi articulated hand measures 22.0 x 14.0 x 11.5 inches. Foot measures 31.0 x 19.0 x 15.0 inches. Both replicas are museum-quality polyurethane resin casts of Royal Ontario Museum specimens. 1:1 scale. Made in USA.

Southern North America, Central America and northern South America serve as the native origin for these massive animals. Modern regions spanning from South Carolina down to southern Brazil formed their primary geographic range.

Elephant-like body sizes up to twenty feet long and weights over three tons defined their giant physical frames. Robust bones, long grasping limbs, and massive curved claws characterized their heavy skeletal structure.

Shifting from four limbs to an upright stance allowed them to reach high branches safely. Inward-turned hands forced them to walk slowly on the outer edges of their feet.

Tree leaves, green plants, wild grasses, and woody twigs formed the primary natural diet of these giant herbivores.

Scientific Classification

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Pilosa
• Clade: †Megatheria
• Family: †Megatheriidae
• Subfamily: †Megatheriinae
• Genus: †Eremotherium Spillmann, 1948
• Species: †E. laurillardi
• Binomial name: †Eremotherium laurillardi Lund, 1842
• Conservation status: Extinct

Earl, the Eremotherium claw record replica, is itching to go swimming. He has his checkered moss green Speedo on and remembered his sunscreen for the first time this summer.

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Emily, the Eremotherium laurillardi claw replica, has been swimming for hours and built up a huge hunger for a king-size Snickers bar.

Grant, the giant ground sloth skull replica, is shaking his head back and forth because he cannot believe his sister, she did not even want to come swimming.