Megalonyx jeffersonii, Sloth vertebra
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Description:
One neural arch, thoracic vertebra, in two pieces associated with giant ground sloth remains.
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- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Neogene
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Pilosa
- Family: Megalonychidae
- Genus: Megalonyx
- Species: Megalonyx jeffersonii
- Formation: Wando (?)
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Ground Sloths
- Object Id: PV7682
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