Yesterday’s Ground Sloth (Acratocnus ye)
This species was described in 2000 based on (sub)fossil bones found on the Haitian part of the island of Hispaniola.
The species disappeared at the beginning of the Holocene era. [1]
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References:
[1] R. D. E. MacPhee; Jennifer L. White; Charles A. Woods: New megalonychid sloths (Phyllophaga, Xenarthra) from the Quaternary of Hispaniola. American Museum Novitates 3303: 1-32. 2000
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edited: 16.06.2020
Dead as the Dodo – Holocene Extinctions
… about 5858 taxa have disappeared since the beginning of the Anthropocene era (since about 10000 BCE)
