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Megalonyx jeffersoniALMNH:Paleo:9482
Jefferson's ground sloth
Fossil Specimen Data
- Catalog #
- Paleo:9482
- Common Name
- Jefferson's ground sloth
- Parts
- bone
- Collecting Source
- wild
- Verbatim Date
- Jun 11, 2016
- Geologic Era
- Cenozoic
- Geologic Period
- Quaternary
Fossil Classification
KingdomAnimalia›PhylumChordata›ClassMammalia›OrderXenarthra›FamilyMegalonychidae›GenusMegalonyx›SpeciesMegalonyx jeffersoni
Identification History
| Fossil Name | Date | Concept | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Megalonyx jeffersoni | -- | -- | -- |
Collecting Event
Date: Jun 11, 2016
Museum Staff Trip
Collecting Agent(s)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Dana J. Ehret | collector |
Identifiers
- Accession #
- PV2016.0003
| Type | Value | Assigned Date | Assigned By |
|---|---|---|---|
| identifier | 2016 | Nov 18, 2023 | Teresa J. Mayfield-Meyer |
| identifier | PV2016.0003.0089 | Apr 27, 2022 | unknown |
| Locality ID | ADa-1 | Apr 27, 2022 | unknown |
Media
Media 1 of 4gbif image for Megalonyx jeffersoni
Location Map
Locality & Geography
Some fields below include values supplied by the locality normalization pipeline; they are marked (enriched).
Continent
North America
Country
United States
State / Province
Alabama
County
Dallas County
Coordinates
32.35390° N, 87.08993° WApproximate
Data Source
Approximate location — coordinates estimated from county centroid