Megalonyx jeffersonii, Sloth canine
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Description:
One upper left canine from the giant ground sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii).
- Site: SC; Colleton Co.; Edisto Beach
- Site Number: NH39B
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Quaternary
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Pilosa
- Family: Megalonychidae
- Genus: Megalonyx
- Species: Megalonyx jeffersonii
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Ground Sloths
- Object Id: PV5706
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