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"

meaning "big tooth"

Its jaw movements were propalinal (front to back)

Other Fossil Types

such as Ray Garton

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