Sloth

All of the teeth offered are very well mineralized.  Not fragile and crumbly. 

There were basically three different types or genus of sloths in Florida, the mylodontids, the megalonychids, and the megatheres.  The first includes the Thinobastides in the Miocene, and the small Glossotherium chapadmalense and the larger Paramylodon  harlani.

The second group are the megalonychids which arrived in the late Miocene and lasted until the late Pleistocene.  These start with the Pliometanastes  and grow progressively larger through M. curvidens, (early Pliocene), leptostomus, (late Pliocene-early Pleistocene) M. wheatleyi, and M. jeffersoni. These sloths had more curved, flat claw cores, as did the eremotheres.  In the teeth that follow, the smaller teeth are those of the earlier sloths.

The third type includes the enormous eremothere and the much smaller Nothrotheriops texanum.  Both of these are relatively more scarce in Florida than the other two types.  The large Eremotherium teeth are often found split in half.

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PARAMYLODON GIANT GROUND SLOTH

Name: Paramylodon harlani - Nice solid tooth with beautiful banding
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Marion Co. FL

Paramylodon Sloth Tooth 1 - $125.00                                                                 

EREMOTHERIUM GIANT GROUND SLOTH

Name: Eremotherium
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Taylor Co. FL

Eremotherium Sloth Tooth 29 - $75.00                                                                 

Megalonychid sp. Teeth

Pliometanastes, curvidens, leptostomus, and wheatleyi..
The larger ones I'm pretty sure are wheatlyi.  These are much more rare than the larger species.

Name: Megalonychid sp.
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Taylor Co. FL

Megalonychid Sloth Tooth 1 - $20.00                                                                 

Name: Megalonychid sp.
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Taylor Co. FL

Megalonychid Sloth Tooth 2 - $20.00                                                                 

Name: Megalonychid sp.
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Taylor Co. FL

Megalonychid Sloth Tooth 4 - $20.00                                                                 

Name: Megalonychid sp.
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Taylor Co. FL

Megalonychid Sloth Tooth 5 - $20.00                                                                 

Name: Megalonychid sp.
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Taylor Co. FL

Megalonychid Sloth Tooth 6 - $20.00                                                                 

Name: Megalonychid sp.
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Taylor Co. FL

Megalonychid Sloth Tooth 7 - $20.00                                                                 

Name: Megalonychid sp.
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Taylor Co. FL

Megalonychid Sloth Tooth 8 - $20.00                                                                 

Name: Megalonychid sp.
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Taylor Co. FL

Megalonychid Sloth Tooth 10 - $20.00                                                                 

 

MEGALONYX MOLARS
 

Name: Megalonyx
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Taylor Co. FL

Megalonyx Sloth Tooth 11 - $25.00                                                                 

Name: Megalonyx
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Taylor Co. FL

Megalonyx Sloth Tooth 12 - $25.00                                                                 

Name: Megalonyx
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Taylor Co. FL

Megalonyx Sloth Tooth 16 - $25.00                                                                 

Name: Megalonyx
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Taylor Co. FL

Megalonyx Sloth Tooth 18 - $25.00                                                                 

Name: Megalonyx
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Taylor Co. FL

Megalonyx Sloth Tooth 20 - $25.00                                                                 


MYLODON MOLARS

Name: Mylodon
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Taylor Co. FL

Mylodon Sloth Tooth 22 - $18.00                                                                 

Name: Mylodon
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Taylor Co. FL

Mylodon Sloth Tooth 24 - $18.00                                                                 

Name: Mylodon
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail:  River find                            
Location: Taylor Co. FL

Mylodon Sloth Tooth 26 - $18.00