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 Edentata
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Infant, Iowa Tarkio Valley Giant Ground Sloth. Megalonyx jeffersonii (Desmarest, 1822). SUI 130544A
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Holmes A Semken - University of Iowa, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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University of Iowa Paleontology Repository (Hosting Institution)
University of Iowa. Museum of Natural History (Hosting Institution)
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University of Iowa, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Iowa City, Iowa, USA