Megatherium Prehistoric Mammal Fossil
by Library Of Congress, Rare Book And Special Collections Division/science Photo Library
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Megatherium Prehistoric Mammal Fossil
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Library Of Congress, Rare Book And Special Collections Division/science Photo Library
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Megatherium prehistoric mammal fossil. 19th-century illustration of a fossil of the the upper jaw (maxilla) and teeth of the prehistoric ground sloth Megatherium cuvieri, first found in 1788. It lived from around 5 million to 10,000 years ago in South America. This illustration is Plate 31 from the 1840 volume on fossil mammals ('Fossil Mammalia'), part of the multi-volume work 'The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle'. This work described the animals and fossil specimens collected and observed by the British naturalist Charles Darwin during the survey voyage of HMS Beagle during the years 1832 to 1836. This expedition established Darwin's reputation as a naturalist. Edited by Darwin, the work was published between 1838 and 1843. The volume on fossil mammals was written by British naturalist and palaeontologist Richard Owen.
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