Fossilised skeleton of a Megatherium or Giant Sloth, found in Paraguay in about 1796. Lithograph from Nature Displayed by Simeon Shaw (London, 1823).

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Keywords: 1796, 1823, america, displayed, fossilised, fossilized, geology, giant, lithograph, london, megatherium, nature, palaeontology, paraguay, shaw, simeon, skeleton, sloth, south