Megalonyx jeffersoni, Sloth phalanx
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Description:
One ungual phalanx associated with ground sloth (Megalonyx jeffersoni) remains.
- Site: SC; Colleton Co.; Edisto Beach
- Site Number: NH39B
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Quaternary
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Pilosa
- Family: Mylodontidae
- Genus: Paramylodon
- Species: Paramylodon harlani
- Formation: Undetermined offshore dep
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Ground Sloths
- Object Id: PV2429
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