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Adult, Iowa Tarkio Valley Giant Ground Sloth. Megalonyx jeffersonii (Desmarest, 1822). SUI 101037A
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Adult, Iowa Tarkio Valley Giant Ground Sloth. Megalonyx jeffersonii (Desmarest, 1822). SUI 101037A

Holmes A Semken
University of Iowa, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
2018
DOI: 10.25820/1tjn-xq76
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SUI 101037A adult ectocuneiform14.62 MBDownloadView
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SUI 101037B adult left navicular48.97 MBDownloadView
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SUI 101037C adult tarsal37.85 MBDownloadView
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SUI 101037D adult left scaphoid30.33 MBDownloadView
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SUI 101037E adult carpal15.44 MBDownloadView
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Abstract

Specimen exposed during 1993 flood. Discovered in creek bed by Bob and Sonia Athen in 2001. Tiemann specimens recovered from under cut bank. Athen specimens in creek bed or under south bank. Specimens from this site include: Megalonyx jeffersoni 101037 (adult), 102849 (juvenile), 130544 (infant), and Paramylodon harlani 116925.
Paleontology Megalonyx jeffersonii Tarkio Valley ground sloth Pilosa Late Wisconinan Quaternary Xenarthra Megalonychidae Gunder formation

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