Edisto Island Fossil Vertebrates 
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over North America, and in the Southeast includes previously reported 
occurrences in South Carolina (Hay 1923), Georgia (Ray 1967), Florida 
(Webb 1974) and Tennessee (Guilday et al. 1969). 
Family Megatheriidae 
Eremotherium cf. E. mirabile (Leidy) — giant ground sloth 
Material . — ChM.PV2426, ungual phalanx; ChM.PV2454, molar frag- 
ment; ChM.PV2400, lumbar vertebral fragment. 
Remarks. — Eremotherium ranged from southern South America to 
New Jersey (but see Ray 1979) and has been reported from South 
Carolina and Georgia (A. Sanders, pers. comm.; Frey et al. 1975), and 
Florida west to Texas (Webb 1974; Lundelius 1972). 
Family Mylodontidae 
Glossotherium ( Paramylodon) cf P. harlani (Owen) 
— Harlan’s ground sloth 
Material. — Ch M . PV2422, third lower molariform tooth; 
ChM.PV2427, molariform fragment; ChM.PV2741, distal fragment of 
humerus; ChM.PV2429, ungual phalanx; ChM.GPV2004, metapodial; 
USNM22842, ungual phalanx. 
Remarks.— The large ground sloth, Glossotherium, is known from the 
Pleistocene of North America. Its geographic distribution ranges from 
Central America to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the United States 
(Schultz 1965). 
Order Edentata, gen. et sp. indet. 
Two specimens, ChM.PV2739 and ChM.PV2740, both basal frag- 
ments of the neural spine, are comparable to ground sloth material but 
are otherwise indeterminate. 
Order Lagomorpha 
Family Leporidae 
Sylvilagus sp. (Gray) — rabbit 
Material . — ChM.PV2441, right mandible with P 3 , M,, and M 2 ; 
ChM.PV2442, molar fragment; ChM.PV2498, molar fragment; 
ChM.PV2738, portion of right tibia. 
Remarks.— Sylvilagus is a relatively common and widespread con- 
stituent of North American fossil faunas beginning in the Late 
Pleistocene (Schultz 1965). Although the genus is an expected member of 
a Pleistocene fauna, the possibility that the specimens at Edisto Island 
represent a more recent occurrence of Sylvilagus on the island must be 
considered. Due to the apparent transport at Edisto Island the presence 
of Sylvilagus and other small mammals is a rare occurrence. 
Order Rodentia 
Family Castoridae 
Castoroides cf. C. ohioensis (Foster) — giant beaver 
Material.— ChM.PV2437-2438, two incisor fragments. 
