PV M 16589
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| occurrenceID | 838336aa-9e36-428a-b354-19db88126ec8 |
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| modified | 2022-09-16T10:42:41+00:00 |
| institutionCode | NHMUK |
| collectionCode | PAL |
| basisOfRecord | FossilSpecimen |
| created | 2008-10-10T10:38:25+00:00 |
| OccurrenceTerms | |
| catalogNumber | PV M 16589 |
| recordNumber | |
| recordedBy | ['Charles R. Darwin'] |
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| lifeStage | |
| occurrenceStatus | present |
| preparations | |
| otherCatalogNumbers | NHMUK:ecatalogue:442300 |
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| year | 1832 - 1833 |
| month | 9 |
| day | 22 - 1 |
| habitat | |
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| LocationTerms | |
| higherGeography | South America; Argentina; Buenos Aires |
| continent | South America |
| waterBody | |
| islandGroup | |
| island | |
| country | Argentina |
| stateProvince | Buenos Aires |
| locality | Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, Punta Alta |
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| GeologicalContextTerms | |
| earliestEonOrLowestEonothem | Phanerozoic |
| latestEonOrHighestEonothem | Phanerozoic |
| earliestEraOrLowestErathem | Cenozoic |
| latestEraOrHighestErathem | Cenozoic |
| earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem | Quaternary |
| latestPeriodOrHighestSystem | Quaternary |
| earliestEpochOrLowestSeries | Pleistocene |
| latestEpochOrHighestSeries | Holocene |
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| IdentificationTerms | |
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| typeStatus | |
| TaxonTerms | |
| scientificName | Megatherium americanum Cuvier, 1796 |
| higherClassification | Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Pilosa; Megatheriidae |
| kingdom | Animalia |
| phylum | Chordata |
| class | Mammalia |
| order | Pilosa |
| family | Megatheriidae |
| genus | Megatherium |
| subgenus | |
| specificEpithet | americanum |
| infraspecificEpithet | |
| taxonRank | |
| scientificNameAuthorship | Cuvier, 1796 |
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| associatedMediaCount | 8 |
| barcode | |
| catalogueDescription | Fragment of cranium (posterior of right zygomatic arch and temporal). Also contains a bag of rock fragments |
| chondriteAchondrite | |
| chronostratigraphy | Quaternary, late Pleistocene - early Holocene |
| clutchSize | |
| collectionKind | Mammals |
| collectionName | ['Darwin Collection', 'Royal College of Surgeons of England'] |
| commodity | |
| created | 2008-10-10T10:38:25+00:00 |
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| dateRegistered | |
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| determinationFiledAs | |
| determinationNames | ['Megatherium americanum Cuvier, 1796', 'Megatherium Cuvier, 1796'] |
| donorName | President and Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England |
| expedition | Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle |
| exsiccata | |
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| extractionMethod | |
| gbifID | 1056338533 |
| gbifIssue | ['RECORDED_DATE_INVALID', 'MODIFIED_DATE_INVALID', 'INSTITUTION_MATCH_FUZZY', 'INSTITUTION_COLLECTION_MISMATCH', 'MULTIMEDIA_DATE_INVALID'] |
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| lithostratigraphy | |
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| mine | |
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| setMark | |
| subDepartment | ES Mammals |
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| totalVolume | |
| vessel | HMS Beagle |
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Additional Information
| Created | 2008-10-10T10:38:25+00:00 |
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| Last updated | 2022-09-16T10:42:41+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 |