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PV M 16563 a

Classification
Scientific name: Mylodon darwinii Owen, 1840
Author: Owen, 1840
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: Mylodontidae
Genus: Mylodon
Species: darwinii
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Pilosa; Mylodontidae
Location
Locality: Nearest Named Place: Punta Alta; Township: Bahia Blanca
Country: Argentina
Continent: South America
Higher geography: South America; Argentina
Collection event
Recorded by: Charles R. Darwin
Expedition: Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle
Vessel: HMS Beagle
Collection date: 22 - 16 / 9 - 10 / 1832
Identification
Identified by: Sir Richard Owen K.C.B., M.D., D.C.L., LL.D. P.R.S., F.L.S., V.P.Z.S.
Type status: Holotype
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Mylodon darwinii Owen, 1840
Specimen
Catalogue number: PV M 16563 a
Collection code: PAL ( Palaeontology)
Sub department: ES Mammals
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:442048
Collection name: Darwin Collection, Royal College of Surgeons of England
Donor name: President and Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Catalogue description: Partial lower jaw with all lower teeth represented on both sides. Two transverse molariform sections were taken (of the right mf3 and right mf4) and are listed separately. Note: fragment at posterior of right ramus has since been lost since cast was made (NHMUK PV M 106346).
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: e37e3be9-33a2-4ad8-882c-175630bfbb92
Modified: 2022-09-16T10:42:41+00:00
Created: 2008-10-08T11:48:27+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2008-10-08T11:48:27+00:00
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