Placental Mammal, Sloth
name: label: Collector
content: W. Shirey
label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN, KY)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: Cenozoic - Quaternary - Pleistocene
label: Notes
content: This specimen is a part of a fossilized tooth from an armadillo-like mammal of the Xenarthra suborder. This elusive group also includes an array of living and extinct toothless sloths and anteaters. This tooth is about 2.25cm thick and measures 8cm x3cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Feb 2021
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, United States, Florida
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Xenarthra
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO51248
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Xenarthra