[meteorite-list] Megatherium hit by a meteorite ?

[Pelé Pierre-Marie]

Hello again,

I've found the following text on an astronomical
website. Do you know of which meteorite it's about or
where I could get more information ?

"One of the incidents listed as uncertain took place
in prehistoric time. Despite its rating, there is
strong evidence to indicate it probably did happen.
This prehistoric entry involved a stony-iron meteorite
and a Megatherium, an extinct giant South American
sloth.

The broken skeleton of this Ice Age giant was found
lying on the meteorite. Although the meteorite could
have fallen ages before, it would have been an amazing
coincidence for the sloth to have toppled over on it
as it died. Moreover, the nature of the skeletal
remains has led many scientists to suspect that the
sloth was struck by the falling meteorite – some
20,000 years ago."

Regards,

Pierre-Marie PELE


	

	
		
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