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.
SCELIDOTHERIUM GROUND SLOTH
Name:
Scelidotherium
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail: River find
Location: Argentina,
South America
Description:
This is an ULTRA RARE FOSSIL jaw section!! It has
4 teeth still present and intact.. it is in
great condition. Scelidotherium is an extinct genus of
actively mobile ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae, native to South
America during the middle Pleistocene epoch. It lived from 780,000—11,000
years ago. It is characterized by an elongated head, a bit similar to an
anteater. In fossil distribution, it is known almost exclusively from
Argentina, but its distribution may have extended beyond. .In his journal,
Darwin reports the finding of a nearly perfect fossil Scelidotherium in
Punta Alta in 1832. Owen (1840) recognized the true characters of the remains
and named them Scelidotherium, which means "femur beast" to reflect the
distinctive proportions of that skeletal element. They were 1.1 meters tall
and might have weighed up to 6000 lbs..
Scelidotherium Sloth Tooth
1
- $395.00
EREMOTHERIUM GIANT GROUND SLOTH
Name:
Eremotherium
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail: River find
Location:
Taylor Co. FL
Description:
This is a HUGE TOOTH!!! This crown measures 3.5" tall x 1
13/16" wide x 1
9/16" thick.. this specimen
sits inside a brass mount that is on a Spalted Magnolia Base.. it comes with a
brass ID Plate as shown... Very nice, very solid, very heavy
tooth!!
Eremotherium Sloth Tooth
31
- $350.00
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Name:
Eremotherium
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail: River find
Location:
Taylor Co. FL
Eremotherium Sloth Tooth
29
- $100.00
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 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 9
- $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 13
- $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 17
- $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 19
- $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 25
- $18.00
Name:
Mylodon
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail: River find
Location:
Taylor Co. FL
Mylodon
Sloth Tooth 26
- $18.00
EREMOTHERIUM GIANT GROUND SLOTH
Name:
Eremotherium
Geologic Age: Pleistocene
Stratigraphic detail: River find
Location:
Taylor Co. FL
Eremotherium Sloth Tooth
29
- $100.00
