Megatherium mirabile Leidy
Object Details
- Geologic Age
- Cenozoic - Quaternary
- Record Last Modified
- 17 Oct 2024
- Skeletal Morphology
- Appendicular element, distal left humerus
- Data Source
- NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
- Collection Date
- 1823
- USNM Number
- V831
- Collector
- J. P. Scriven
- Type Citation
- Leidy. 1852. Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia Proc. 6 117.
- Type Status
- syntype
- Place
- Georgia, United States, North America
- Published Name
- Megatherium mirabile Leidy
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- Paleogeneral
- Types: Mammals Terrestrial
- Mammalia Primary Type
- Paleobiology
- Taxonomy
- Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Xenarthra Pilosa Folivora Megatheriidae
- Record ID
- nmnhpaleobiology_3428309
