Megatherium americanum - skull fragment with teeth
Specimen number: NHMUK PV M 16588
Specimen Link: http://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c991662b-55b2-4674-897f-34ff095d4859
Taxon: Megatherium americanum
Description: Fragment of the right maxilla with the 2nd and 3rd molariforms
Site: Punta Alta, Argentina
Age: Late Pleistocene to early Holocene (between 126,000 and 8,000 years old)
Collection: Collected between September and October 1832 or between August and September 1833 by Charles Darwin (specific date was not recorded)
Comments: This specimen has been cut in two at some point in the past to produce a horizontal section of the teeth. It is not clear when the section was made, although the section is mentioned in the Royal College of Surgeons 1884 catalogue. This 3D model is a combination of both parts of the specimen and has been digitally reconstructed. Rock matrix still partially encases the specimen and is typical of other specimens from this site.
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Cite this as
Pip Brewer; Kaitlyn Burton; Adrian Lister (2018). Dataset: Darwin's Fossil Mammals. Resource: Megatherium americanum - skull fragment with teeth. Natural History Museum Data Portal (data.nhm.ac.uk). https://doi.org/10.5519/0086786
Retrieved: 09:38 23 Jul 2021 (GMT)
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