Diabolotherium fossil map
Where fossils of Diabolotherium have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 0.4–0.0117 million years ago (Chibanian to Late Pleistocene) |
| Periods | Quaternary |
| Family | Megatheriidae |
| Named by | Pujos et al. 2007 |
| Fossil records | 12 occurrences at 6 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Peru, Chile |
| Rock formations | txn:43608 |
About Diabolotherium
Diabolotherium is an extinct genus of megatheriine ground sloth, known from the Late Pleistocene of Peru. Unlike most other extinct mainland sloths, it seems to have been a climber, similar to extinct sloths from the Caribbean. The genus contains a single species, Diabolotherium nordenskioldi, originally described as a species of Nothropus in 1926. Fossils of this genus were found at the coastal Piedra Escrita site and the Andean Casa del Diablo cave.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Diabolotherium (revision 1324531347), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q19278158.
