. A dictionary of the fossils of Pennsylvania and neighboring states named in the reports and catalogues of the survey ... Paleontology. 383 Megalomus canadensis, Hall. Pal. N. Y. Vol. 2, Guelph, yt ^.^^^^^^^K,^ ^Ao Geology of Canada, ....^^^^^^^^ J42 ig(53^pg^ge333^fig 342, a cast of the interior of a specimen. Note. The Gall or OuelpJi beds overlie the Niagara, lim e s t o n e in Upper Canada.—V a'^ Megalonyx dissi- milis, Leidy. Cope. --^m^w^ms^^^ Proc. A. P. S. 1881. 'Geo/. Cdn ^ -ASI^ffli^^^^ /s6S Port Kennedy cave. Megalonyx jeffersoni, Harlan. First described by Jeffer- son
. A dictionary of the fossils of Pennsylvania and neighboring states named in the reports and catalogues of the survey ... Paleontology. 383 Megalomus canadensis, Hall. Pal. N. Y. Vol. 2, Guelph, yt ^.^^^^^^^K,^ ^Ao Geology of Canada, ....^^^^^^^^ J42 ig(53^pg^ge333^fig 342, a cast of the interior of a specimen. Note. The Gall or OuelpJi beds overlie the Niagara, lim e s t o n e in Upper Canada.—V a'^ Megalonyx dissi- milis, Leidy. Cope. --^m^w^ms^^^ Proc. A. P. S. 1881. 'Geo/. Cdn ^ -ASI^ffli^^^^ /s6S Port Kennedy cave. Megalonyx jeffersoni, Harlan. First described by Jeffer- son to the Amer. Phil. Soc, Phila., 1797, claws, femur, ulna, and radius, found in a cave in " Western Virginia" (Ken- tucky.) Dr. Wistar, of Phila., and then Cuvier showed that it was a gigantic Sloth, Many remains of it have been since then found in our cave deposits, and more recently in the sand beds of Oregon. It probably fed upon the upper foliage of small trees which it bent down with its powerful arms, sup- porting itself on its great tail. As its descendants grew smaller they were obliged to climb, and those still extant in South Amerca live wholly in the trees. (Collett's Indiana Eeport of 1884, page 39, plate 5, figs. 1, 2.—See Appendix,) Megalonyxloxodon, Cope. ProceedingsAmer. Philos. Soc. Pleish. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903; Pennsylvania. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey. Harrisburg, Board of Commissioners for the Geological Survey
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