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PV M 3587

Classification
Scientific name: Scelidotherium leptocephalum Owen, 1840
Author: Owen, 1840
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: Mylodontidae
Genus: Scelidotherium
Species: leptocephalum
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Pilosa; Mylodontidae
Location
Locality: Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, Punta Alta
State province: Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina
Continent: South America
Higher geography: South America; Argentina; Buenos Aires
Identification
Type status: CAST OF HOLOTYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Scelidotherium leptocephalum Owen, 1840
Specimen
Catalogue number: PV M 3587
Collection code: PAL ( Palaeontology)
Sub department: ES Mammals
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:473733
Donor name: The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Catalogue description: Cast of right proximal femur and right astragalus
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: 14c9d268-7ca1-43f8-8d1e-9dcde99df968
Modified: 2022-03-23 14:14:20 (UTC)
Created: 2009-02-27 12:05:56 (UTC)

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Additional Information

Created 2009-02-27 12:05:56 (UTC)
Last updated 2022-03-23 14:14:20 (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