Megalonyx leptostomus, Sloth humerus
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Description:
The proximal end of a Megalonyx sloth humerus. The specimen was collected from the west branch of the Cooper River, c. 1.1. m southeast of Strawberry Landing during the summer of 1976.
- Site: SC; Charleston Co.; Cooper River
- Site Number: NH21N
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Neogene
- Epoch: Pliocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Pilosa
- Family: Megalonychidae
- Genus: Megalonyx
- Species: Megalonyx leptostomus
- Formation: Goose Creek Limestone
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Ground Sloths
- Object Id: PV7681
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