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Figure 2 from: Babcock LE (2024) Nomenclatural history of Megalonyx Jefferson, 1799 (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Pilosa, Megalonychidae). ZooKeys 1195: 297-308. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1195.117999
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- 1. The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States of America
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Figure 2 Megalonyx jeffersonii (Desmarest, 1822), reconstructed skeleton described by Orton (1891a, 1891b), Claypole (1891), and McDonald et al. (2015), from unconsolidated Quaternary sediment, Millersburg, Ohio, USA; mounted in 1896 by Ward's Natural Science Establishment for public display in the Orton Geological Museum of The Ohio State University (OSU 15758; see Babcock et al. 2023). The skull is a cast of a specimen illustrated by Leidy (1855: pls I–III, V), with three teeth inserted from the Millersburg megalonyx. As mounted, the skeleton stands 2.1 m tall.
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- Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.1195.117999 (DOI)
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