Jefferson Sloth Claw

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Claw core from a giant ground sloth, of the species Megalonyx jeffersonii, named after President Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was an avid fossil collector and this particular fossil is from his own personal collection, housed at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.

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Ground Sloth: Micheal B.H.

Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson (by Rembrandt Peale, 1800)