Megalonyx jeffersonii, Sloth vertebra
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Description:
Four articulated thoracic vertebrae and a rib associated with sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii) remain.
- Site: SC; Dorchester Co.
- Site Number: NH40A
- 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: PV5853
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