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PV M 16585

Classification
Scientific name: Megatherium americanum Cuvier, 1796
Author: Cuvier, 1796
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: Megatheriidae
Genus: Megatherium
Species: americanum
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Pilosa; Megatheriidae
Location
Locality: Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, Punta Alta
State province: Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina
Continent: South America
Higher geography: South America; Argentina; Buenos Aires
Collection event
Recorded by: Charles R. Darwin
Expedition: Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle
Vessel: H.M.S. 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: CITED
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Megatherium americanum Cuvier, 1796
Megatherium cuvieri Desmarest, 1822
Specimen
Catalogue number: PV M 16585
Collection code: PAL ( Palaeontology)
Sub department: Vertebrates
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:442296
Collection name: ['Royal College of Surgeons', 'Darwin Collection']
Donor name: President and Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Catalogue description: Posterior fragment of the cranium including both occipital condyles, posterior of dorsal surface and posterior part of basioccipital. Matrix is still attached in many places and at some point in the past the anterior part of the cranial fragment has been vertically section (section not extant).
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
Earliest epoch/lowest series: Pleistocene
Chronostratigraphy: Quaternary, Pleistocene - Cenozoic
Record
Occurrence ID: ff312b9e-bb63-438b-a86b-a5a5415037e1
Modified: 2018-10-31 15:38:21 (UTC)
Created: 2008-10-10 09:15:54 (UTC)

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Additional Information

Created 2008-10-10 09:15:54 (UTC)
Last updated 2018-10-31 15:38:21 (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