Ground sloth prehistoric mammal fossil teeth. 19th-century illustrations of fossil teeth and jaw bones of four prehistoric ground sloths, one found in
Ground sloth prehistoric mammal fossil teeth. 19th-century illustrations of fossil teeth and jaw bones of four prehistoric ground sloths, one found in South America by British naturalist Charles Darwin. At bottom is Darwin's specimen: Mylodon darwinii. At top and lower centre is Mylodon harlani. The smaller illustrations at upper left and upper right are from Megalonyx jeffersonii and Megalonyx laqueatus. This illustration is Plate 17 from the 1840 volume on fossil mammals ('Fossil Mammalia'), part of the multi-volume work 'The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle', describing Darwin's work during this survey voyage from 1832 to 1836. This expedition established Darwin's reputation as a naturalist. Edited by Darwin, this work was published between 1838 and 1843. The volume on fossil mammals was written by British naturalist and palaeontologist Richard Owen.
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