. College collection of palaeontology. MAMMALIA. 31. No. 47. [32] Megatherium Cuvieri, Desm. Fore-Claw (cast). In no respect does the Megatherium differ more strikingly from existing quadrupeds of corres- ponding bulk than in the vast proportions of its fore-arms. They were furnished with prehensile feet having five toes—the 2d, 3d and 4th of which were armed with claws. This specimen, representing the last phalanx fiud the core of the claw, is from the same locality and museum as the last. Size, 11 x 6. No. 48. [35] Megalonyx Jeffersonii, Harlan. Two Claws (cast). The remains of tliis huge te
. College collection of palaeontology. MAMMALIA. 31. No. 47. [32] Megatherium Cuvieri, Desm. Fore-Claw (cast). In no respect does the Megatherium differ more strikingly from existing quadrupeds of corres- ponding bulk than in the vast proportions of its fore-arms. They were furnished with prehensile feet having five toes—the 2d, 3d and 4th of which were armed with claws. This specimen, representing the last phalanx fiud the core of the claw, is from the same locality and museum as the last. Size, 11 x 6. No. 48. [35] Megalonyx Jeffersonii, Harlan. Two Claws (cast). The remains of tliis huge ter- restrial Sloth, so called from the great size of its claw, are found chiefly in the Upper Tertiary of Virginia, Tennessee, Ken- tucky, Mississippi, Ala- bama and Texas. The genus was established by President Jefferson in a communication read to the American Philosophical Society, 1797, entitled "A Memoir on the Discovery of certain Bones of a Quadru- ped of the clawed kind in the Western Parts of ; The Megalonyx resem- bled the Megatherium in geuerj\l form and habits, but was a third smaller. The originals were found in a cave in Greeubriar county, West Virginia. Size, 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 Ward's Natural Science Establishment, inc. Rochester
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