Help me identify this ground sloth...

[Hyslothesis]

7 ft tall

Three toed tracks

Walks flat on its feet, not on the sides of its feet

Three fingered claw marks

Osteoderms in skin

Ancestor of cloepus, not bradypus

Found in North America 

(do any known ground sloths have a smaller tail or even no tail at all?) 

 

[Fossildude19]

Welcome to the Forum.

 

Um. Is this some fossil we are talking about?  

Can you tell us what you are trying to get to the bottom of?

[Hyslothesis]

I just want to know if any known species of ground sloth check all of those boxes. 

 

 

Edited April 20, 2019 by Hyslothesis
Wrote want twice

[Mark Kmiecik]

Cloepus? doesn't exist. Did you mean Choloepus? Bradypus are three-toed, Choloepus are two-toed. Your question is illogical.

[Fossildude19]

7 hours ago, Hyslothesis said:

I just want to know if any known species of ground sloth check all of those boxes. 

 

Are we talking about extant sloths, or extinct sloths?

And what is the context for asking about this?

[Hyslothesis]

Well, I suppose it would either be an extinct sloth, or perhaps a version that evolved somewhere in between extinct sloths and morern two toed sloths. The description is cobbled together from eyewitness accounts in North America. I understand the extremely high improbability of the chances for a relic population existing, but I still would like to know if the fossil record even has a candidate that seems close. I've tried to learn as much as I can, but alot of this stuff is honestly a bit over my head. 

[Hyslothesis]

Thank you Mark for that correction, I'm glad you still knew what I meant to say

[Fossildude19]

Your best bet would probably be to contact a vertebrate paleontologist or a zoologist who specializes in sloths.

[Hyslothesis]

Ok thanks fossildude19

[Hyslothesis]

I posted this before exploring the site, is there any way I can remove this topic from the board? This isn't the place for it... 

[JohnJ]

35 minutes ago, Hyslothesis said:

I posted this before exploring the site, is there any way I can remove this topic from the board? This isn't the place for it... 

No harm in it...it is now part of the Forum content fabric.

[Hyslothesis]

Fair enough