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Megalonyx jeffersonii, ground sloth Arm & Hand

Left ulna, radius and hand of Megalonyx jeffersonii.

33 inches long with 13 inch hand width


Megalonyx jeffersonii
Jefferson Ground Sloth
West Virginia State Fossil

President, Thomas Jefferson, scientifically described fossil bones given to him by saltpeter miners found in a Monroe County cave in 1797. Jefferson thought they were the claws of a giant cat. In 1799 Casper Wistar re-described the bones as a new species of extinct giant ground sloth and named it in honor of President Jefferson. Only recently have the bones been Carbon 14 dated at over 38,000 year old.

Megalonyx jeffersonii became the official State Fossil of West Virginia in March, 2008 thanks to the efforts of Ray & Mary Ellen Garton, Robert Pyle, Hassan Amjad, Dave Phillips, Mike Burdiss, Roman Prezioso. 


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Megalonyx jeffersonii, ground sloth Arm & Hand 

resin
33" long, 13" hand spread
Item 3004 

Category: Replicas
Type: Bones
Phylum: Vertebrates
Class: Mammals

$750.00 

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