Pseudomegatherium lundi

Description: Megatherium lundi, being mounted prepared by Geology Department preparator Mr. Phil C. Orr in south vertebrate paleontology preparation laboratory, Room 3112. The specimen's bones are numbered on pieces of paper and arranged accordingly. A mountain type of South American prehistoric ground sloth, Geology specimen P14216 from Gervais and Ameghino Bolivia. Orr working on the pose of a giant ground sloth, during the creation of the exhibit mount for this fossil. Put on display in 1938 in Hall 38, it has since been taken off display and disarticulated.
Attribution: (c) Field Museum of Natural History
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Department(s)
  • Library
  • Photo Archives
  • Geology
Subject(s)
  • ISL2021
Date: Circa 1938
Physical Size and Format: 8x10 in. b/w negative
Citation: (c) Field Museum of Natural History. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/c02e5087-ef0a-4fef-bb88-e125633443e7 (accessed on 24 Sep 2024)
Media File URL: http://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/527/198/GEO79311.jpg
Associated Catalog Number(s)
  • P 14216
Associated Specimen(s)
Taxon Coverage
  • Pseudomegatherium lundi Gervais & Ameghino
Temporal Coverage: Quaternary, Pleistocene. ICS/IUGS | Tarija Formation Formation
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GEO79311.jpg
Megatherium lundi, being mounted prepared by Geology Department preparator Mr. Phil C. Orr in south vertebrate paleontology preparation laboratory, Room 3112. The specimen's bones are numbered on pieces of paper and arranged accordingly. A mountain type of South American prehistoric ground sloth, Geology specimen P14216 from Gervais and Ameghino Bolivia. Orr working on the pose of a giant ground sloth, during the creation of the exhibit mount for this fossil. Put on display in 1938 in Hall 38, it has since been taken off display and disarticulated.
IRN: 527198
GUID: c02e5087-ef0a-4fef-bb88-e125633443e7