The original bones were found in Florida, Segment of AA101. The claw is also available without the stand.Įremotherium Mirabile Giant Ground Sloth SkullĮremotherium: Giant Ground Sloth.Edentate of the late Pleistocene. Giant Ground Sloth Claw on Display Stand (item #KO-157-S)
This record size claw, available without the stand, was discovered in 1991 by Frank Garcia in the now protected site called Leisley Shell Pit in Ruskin, Florida.Ĭast claw measures: 23 Inches on the curve Examination of their hip bones suggests that they could stand on their hind legs to extend their grazing as high as twenty feet.
The teeth of the Giant Sloths were small and blunt, in keeping with their herbivore diet. Despite their size, they were probably only used to strip leaves or bark from plants.
Giant Sloths, which weighed up to 6,000 pounds, had very large, dangerous-looking claws. The species eomigrans was given by De Iullis and Cartelle in 1999. In 1948 Spillmann provided the genus name Eremotherium. Please call (314) 556-0650 or email us for more photos or information.Įremotherium sloth claw cast replica (item #KO 157) This beautiful skeleton will make a nice addition to any museum or private collection. Each bone is cradled in it's armature allowing individual pieces to be removed for study. Some missing elements were provided in the form of casts. All bones were found and collected legally. The skeleton itself is a composite representing nearly 18 years of collecting. The complete mounted skeleton offered here is from a private collection. With the preparation and mounting of this sloth now finished, it has become the fourth complete mounted skeleton of Eremotherium laurillardi in the world, making this a scientifically important specimen and a true paleontological treasure. and one in the British Museum of Natural History, London. There are only 3 known complete skeletons of these giant sloths mounted in museums around the world one in the MOAS at Daytona Beach, Florida one in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. The natural color of the bone is a gorgeous chocolate brown, making for a truly beautiful and exquisite mount. It measures 5 feet wide across the hips, with the massive skull measuring 28 inches long by 14 inches wide by 15 inches tall. Serbousek's death at the age of 83, and is now ready to be displayed proudly in any museum or private collection in the world.Īs mounted, this skeleton measures 15 feet in length from head to tail yet stands 11 feet tall from the floor. The skeleton mount was completed in November, 2010, only three months after Mr.
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The skull is superb and original with all original teeth but has restored zygomatic arches and minor crack repair. Minor cast elements include one thoracic vertebra, 5 ribs, several tail vertebrae and chevrons, and some foot and hand bones. Over 80% of the original bones are present in this specimen, with only the following major elements being casts: pelvis, sternum, and sternal ribs. Serbousek was never able to accomplish it in his lifetime. Unfortunately, making the armature and mounting such a huge skeleton is a very expensive and time-consuming process that Mr. Serbousek would have a 100% complete skeleton to mount. The Serbousek sloth bones were initially prepared by technicians at the Royal Ontario Museum, and some missing elements were provided by them in the form of casts or real bones from other individuals so that Mr. The complete mounted skeleton offered here is the Serbousek specimen, and it is the sister specimen to the skeleton currently on display at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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