Jefferssons Ground sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii) and living Two-toed sloth
December 20, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Jefferssons Ground sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii) and living Two-toed sloth
April 27, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Megalonyx, a ground sloth, rests among the snow.
December 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Megalonyx, a ground sloth, rests among the snow.
✦ — Commission for @/megalonyx on vgen 🔪
September 22, 2025 at 5:38 AM
✦ — Commission for @/megalonyx on vgen 🔪
Megalonyx and Rangifer tarandus
December 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Megalonyx and Rangifer tarandus
Colossendeis megalonyx, the giant sea spider (Pycnogonida) from our LMG 13-12 cruise to the Western Antarctic Peninsula. My lab is studying these amazing creatures using genomics to examine circumpolar population connectivity, and we are sequencing its whole genome, amongst other things 🦑🧪🌎🇦🇶🐧
November 1, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Colossendeis megalonyx, the giant sea spider (Pycnogonida) from our LMG 13-12 cruise to the Western Antarctic Peninsula. My lab is studying these amazing creatures using genomics to examine circumpolar population connectivity, and we are sequencing its whole genome, amongst other things 🦑🧪🌎🇦🇶🐧
Happy Megalonyx Day to all who celebrate!
On this day in 1797, American President Thomas Jefferson presented a paper on Megalonyx to the Amer. Phil. Society; published as "A Memoir on the Discovery of Certain Bones of a Quadruped of the Clawed Kind in the Western Parts of Virginia," Trans of Amer. Phil. Soc. 4:255-256.
March 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Happy Megalonyx Day to all who celebrate!
It's #FossilFriday! @ McWane w/forepaw of giant ground sloth, Megalonyx (named for, well, the huge claws). ~11k, late Pleistocene. I helped collect it fr. NW Alabama cave in '85 (I was 21 years old.) Mounted cast whole skeleton is on display at #McWane.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalonyx.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalonyx.
May 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
It's #FossilFriday! @ McWane w/forepaw of giant ground sloth, Megalonyx (named for, well, the huge claws). ~11k, late Pleistocene. I helped collect it fr. NW Alabama cave in '85 (I was 21 years old.) Mounted cast whole skeleton is on display at #McWane.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalonyx.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalonyx.
#PrehistoricPlanet
ADDITIONAL OFFICIAL STILL FEATURING THE 'SNOW SLOTH' (confirmed to be MEGALONYX)!
ADDITIONAL OFFICIAL STILL FEATURING THE 'SNOW SLOTH' (confirmed to be MEGALONYX)!
October 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
#PrehistoricPlanet
ADDITIONAL OFFICIAL STILL FEATURING THE 'SNOW SLOTH' (confirmed to be MEGALONYX)!
ADDITIONAL OFFICIAL STILL FEATURING THE 'SNOW SLOTH' (confirmed to be MEGALONYX)!
THE original Megalonyx claws on display at the Acad of Nat Sci’s Botany of Nations exhibit yesterday.
May 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
THE original Megalonyx claws on display at the Acad of Nat Sci’s Botany of Nations exhibit yesterday.
A very Merr Chrismas to all you hoomans out there, from Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age's Megalonyx family!
Wishing you a safe and happy holiday!
#PrehistoricPlanet #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge #paleoart #groundsloth #Christmas #meme
Wishing you a safe and happy holiday!
#PrehistoricPlanet #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge #paleoart #groundsloth #Christmas #meme
December 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A very Merr Chrismas to all you hoomans out there, from Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age's Megalonyx family!
Wishing you a safe and happy holiday!
#PrehistoricPlanet #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge #paleoart #groundsloth #Christmas #meme
Wishing you a safe and happy holiday!
#PrehistoricPlanet #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge #paleoart #groundsloth #Christmas #meme
March 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 14: the Megalonyx jeffersonii scene I was commissioned to by the Indiana Geological and Water Survey in 2022. Adobe Illustrator.
December 14, 2024 at 4:29 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 14: the Megalonyx jeffersonii scene I was commissioned to by the Indiana Geological and Water Survey in 2022. Adobe Illustrator.
An old piece of mine, “Stupendous Sloths”, ft. Diabolotherium (1), Thalassocnus (2), Megatherium (3), Acratocnus (4), Mylodon (5), Neocnus (6), Choloepus (7), Catonyx (8), Lestodon (9), and Megalonyx (10).
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#paleoart #pleistocene #miocene #art #animals
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#paleoart #pleistocene #miocene #art #animals
February 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
An old piece of mine, “Stupendous Sloths”, ft. Diabolotherium (1), Thalassocnus (2), Megatherium (3), Acratocnus (4), Mylodon (5), Neocnus (6), Choloepus (7), Catonyx (8), Lestodon (9), and Megalonyx (10).
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#paleoart #pleistocene #miocene #art #animals
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#paleoart #pleistocene #miocene #art #animals
Sometimes we find these amazing Colossendeis species in abundance like here in East Antarctica (NBP23-03). #seaspidersaturday 🧪🦑🐧🌎🇦🇶
November 23, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Sometimes we find these amazing Colossendeis species in abundance like here in East Antarctica (NBP23-03). #seaspidersaturday 🧪🦑🐧🌎🇦🇶
Port Kennedy at ANSP also has...hands down, the best sample of the Irvintonian ground sloth Megalonyx wheatleyi anywhere in the world.
September 27, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Port Kennedy at ANSP also has...hands down, the best sample of the Irvintonian ground sloth Megalonyx wheatleyi anywhere in the world.
Megalonyx family #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Megalonyx family #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge
May 2, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Megalonyx - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 16, 2026 at 12:03 PM
#Pleistocenecrossing Dia 4 e 5: Megalonyx e Castoroides
Dando segmento ao desafio (Após pular os dois anteriores), começaremos a parte das Américas, com Megalonyx, uma preguiça terrícola da América do Norte, e Castoroides, um parente extinto gigante dos castores.
Dando segmento ao desafio (Após pular os dois anteriores), começaremos a parte das Américas, com Megalonyx, uma preguiça terrícola da América do Norte, e Castoroides, um parente extinto gigante dos castores.
January 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
#Pleistocenecrossing Dia 4 e 5: Megalonyx e Castoroides
Dando segmento ao desafio (Após pular os dois anteriores), começaremos a parte das Américas, com Megalonyx, uma preguiça terrícola da América do Norte, e Castoroides, um parente extinto gigante dos castores.
Dando segmento ao desafio (Após pular os dois anteriores), começaremos a parte das Américas, com Megalonyx, uma preguiça terrícola da América do Norte, e Castoroides, um parente extinto gigante dos castores.
face reveal. wrong answers only
February 24, 2026 at 7:51 AM
face reveal. wrong answers only
omg baby megalonyx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
omg baby megalonyx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hoping your holiday is as jolly and carefree as this pair of sloths 🦥 ❄️
December 25, 2023 at 7:38 PM
Hoping your holiday is as jolly and carefree as this pair of sloths 🦥 ❄️