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PV OR 18972 b

Classification
Scientific name: Smilodon populator Lund, 1842
Author: Lund, 1842
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Smilodon
Species: populator
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Carnivora; Felidae; Machairodontinae
Location
Locality: Minas Geraes; Nearest Named Place: A cavern
Country: Brazil
Continent: South America
Higher geography: South America; Brazil
Identification
Identified by: Richard Lydekker
Type status: NON-TYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Smilodon populator Lund, 1842
Machaerodus neogaeus Lund, 1841
Machairodus Kaup, 1833
Specimen
Catalogue number: PV OR 18972 b
Collection code: PAL ( Palaeontology)
Sub department: Vertebrates
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:6483174
Donor name: Peter Claussen
Catalogue description: Greater part of the right humerus, broken off inferiorly at the entepicondylar foramen
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: Pleistocene
Chronostratigraphy: Quaternary, Pleistocene
Record
Occurrence ID: da767225-e035-4cfa-96f4-6199f9d2b073
Modified: 2023-10-31T13:45:14+00:00
Created: 2015-11-17T09:58:03+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2015-11-17T09:58:03+00:00
Last updated 2023-10-31T13:45:14+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