Ground Sloths

Description: Mounted skeletons of Fossil South American Ground Sloth (Scelidodon), Megatherium gallordi composite. Ernest R. Graham Hall (Hall 38). Marshall Field Paleontological Expedition to Bolivia, 1927. Height of erect animal, eight feet; length of burrowing animal, nine feet. This exhibit serves to answer questions, often asked by visitors, as to how paleontologists find fossil skeletons.
Attribution: (c) Field Museum of Natural History
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Department(s)
  • Library
  • Photo Archives
  • Geology
Subject(s)
  • ISL2021
Creator(s)
  • Photographer: Charles H. Carpenter : Field Museum of Natural History
Date: Circa 1932
Physical Size and Format: 8x10 in. b/w negative
Citation: https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/1571f68a-126b-4438-bef5-c5be05b4007f (accessed on 04 May 2024)
Media File URL: http://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/1703/256/CSGEO75817.jpg
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Mounted skeletons of Fossil South American Ground Sloth (Scelidodon), Megatherium gallordi composite. Ernest R. Graham Hall (Hall 38). Marshall Field Paleontological Expedition to Bolivia, 1927. Height of erect animal, eight feet; length of burrowing animal, nine feet. This exhibit serves to answer questions, often asked by visitors, as to how paleontologists find fossil skeletons.
IRN: 1703256
GUID: 1571f68a-126b-4438-bef5-c5be05b4007f