Megalonyx jeffersonii, ground sloth claw, 3rd distal phalange, Now The Official State Fossil Of West Quetzalcoatlus Oviraptor Poster - 18" x

Oviraptor Poster - 18" x 24"

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Fossil Fish

meaning "big tooth"

Megalonyx jeffersonii, ground sloth claw, 3rd distal phalange, Now The Official State Fossil Of West Quetzalcoatlus Oviraptor Poster - 18" xMegalonyx jeffersonii Jefferson Ground Sloth West Virginia State Fossil 3rd Distal Phalange President, Thomas Jefferson, scientifically described fossil bones given to him by saltpeter miners found in a Monroe County cave in 1797. Jefferson thought they were the claws of a giant cat. In 1799 Casper Wistar re described the bones as a new species of extinct giant ground sloth and named it in honor of President Jefferson. Only recently have the bones