Megalonyx jeffersoni, ground sloth juvenile skull, Now The West Virginia State Fossil Triceratops Baculites have intricate suture patterns

Baculites have intricate suture patterns on their shells that can be used to identify different species

Many fossils of this species

with remnants of snails and insects being common

But the discovery of Bambiraptor has led to some intriguing new ideas about the strong links between birds and dinosaurs

a skeleton with skull

Megalonyx jeffersoni, ground sloth juvenile skull, Now The West Virginia State Fossil Triceratops Baculites have intricate suture patternsPresident, 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 been Carbon 14 dated at over 38,000 year old. On March 8, 2008 Megalonyx jeffersoni became the