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PV M 16588

Classification
Scientific name: Megatherium americanum Cuvier, 1796
Author: Cuvier, 1796
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: Megatheriidae
Genus: Megatherium
Species: americanum
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Pilosa; Megatheriidae
Location
Locality: Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, Punta Alta
State province: Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina
Continent: South America
Higher geography: South America; Argentina; Buenos Aires
Collection event
Recorded by: Charles R. Darwin
Expedition: Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle
Vessel: HMS Beagle
Collection date: 22 - 1 / 9 / 1832 - 1833
Identification
Type status: CITED
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Megatherium americanum Cuvier, 1796
Megatherium Cuvier, 1796
Specimen
Catalogue number: PV M 16588
Collection code: PAL ( Palaeontology)
Sub department: ES Mammals
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:442299
Collection kind: Mammals
Collection name: ['Darwin Collection', 'Royal College of Surgeons of England']
Donor name: President and Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Catalogue description: Fragment of right maxilla with 2nd and 3rd molariforms. Specimen has been horizontally sectioned, with the smaller (ventral part) separate.
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: Holocene
Chronostratigraphy: Quaternary, late Pleistocene - early Holocene
Record
Occurrence ID: c991662b-55b2-4674-897f-34ff095d4859
Modified: 2022-09-16 09:42:41 (UTC)
Created: 2008-10-10 09:34:31 (UTC)

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Additional Information

Created 2008-10-10 09:34:31 (UTC)
Last updated 2022-09-16 09:42:41 (UTC)
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