Megalonyx sp., Sloth tibia
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Description:
The left tibia associated with sloth (Megalonyx sp.) remains.
- Site: SC; Charleston Co.; Edingsville Beach
- Site Number: NH20H
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Quaternary
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Pilosa
- Family: Megalonychidae
- Genus: Megalonyx
- Formation: Undet. off-shore unit
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Ground Sloths
- Object Id: PV4886
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