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PV M 16560

Classification
Scientific name: Toxodon platensis Owen, 1837
Author: Owen, 1837
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Family: Toxodontidae
Genus: Toxodon
Species: platensis
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Notoungulata; Toxodontidae
Location
Locality: The Sarandis, a tributary of the Rio Negro, near Mercedes
Country: Uruguay
Continent: South America
Higher geography: South America; Uruguay
Collection event
Recorded by: Charles R. Darwin
Expedition: Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle
Vessel: HMS Beagle
Collection date: 26 / 11 / 1833
Identification
Identified by: Sir Richard Owen K.C.B., M.D., D.C.L., LL.D. P.R.S., F.L.S., V.P.Z.S.
Type status: Holotype
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Toxodon platensis Owen, 1837
Specimen
Catalogue number: PV M 16560
Collection code: PAL ( Palaeontology)
Sub department: ES Mammals
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:435659
Collection name: Royal College of Surgeons of England, Darwin Collection
Donor name: President and Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Catalogue description: Nearly complete cranium lacking teeth
Stratigraphy
Earliest eon/lowest eonothem: Phanerozoic
Latest eon/highest eonothem: Phanerozoic
Earliest era/lowest erathem: Cenozoic
Latest era/highest erathem: Cenozoic
Earliest period/lowest system: Quaternary
Latest period/highest system: Quaternary
Earliest epoch/lowest series: Pleistocene
Latest epoch/highest series: Pleistocene
Chronostratigraphy: Quaternary, Pleistocene
Record
Occurrence ID: 1e0080dd-19e6-4ba5-bc8b-0aca2205c817
Modified: 2024-08-30T07:30:59+00:00
Created: 2008-08-14T16:39:32+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2008-08-14T16:39:32+00:00
Last updated 2024-08-30T07:30:59+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb