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PV OR 19953

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: Lujan
State province: Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina
Continent: South America
Higher geography: South America; Argentina; Buenos Aires
Identification
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Megatherium americanum Cuvier, 1796
Specimen
Catalogue number: PV OR 19953
Collection code: PAL ( Palaeontology)
Sub department: ES Mammals
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:560129
Donor name: Mr de Angelis
Catalogue description: skull, with cerotahyals - (subject of the cast in the restored skeleton)
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
Earliest epoch/lowest series: Pleistocene
Chronostratigraphy: Quaternary, Pleistocene - Cenozoic
Record
Occurrence ID: 11bdf628-72e6-436d-b887-e21eb44a8361
Modified: 2021-09-24T01:11:00+00:00
Created: 2009-11-27T10:35:22+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2009-11-27T10:35:22+00:00
Last updated 2021-09-24T01:11:00+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