Megalonyx wheatleyi, Sloth tooth
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Description:
The lower (left) third molar associated with sloth (Megalonyx wheatleyi) remains.
- Site: SC; Berkeley Co.; W. US. Rt. 176
- Site Number: NH30P
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Quaternary
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Pilosa
- Family: Megalonychidae
- Genus: Megalonyx
- Species: Megalonyx wheatleyi
- Formation: Ladson
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Ground Sloths
- Object Id: PV5847
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