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... ground during earthquake shaking , thus indicating the internal forces acting within buildings . Any such correlation is extreme- ly inaccurate and uncertain . A common rule of thumb associates intensity VII with acceleration of 0.1 gal ...
... ground during earthquake shaking , thus indicating the internal forces acting within buildings . Any such correlation is extreme- ly inaccurate and uncertain . A common rule of thumb associates intensity VII with acceleration of 0.1 gal ...
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... ground dwellers of the families Megatheriidae , Megalonychidae , Mylodontidae , and Orophodontidae . There are no fossils of tree sloths , but they appear to be structurally related to the ground sloth families Mega- theriidae and ...
... ground dwellers of the families Megatheriidae , Megalonychidae , Mylodontidae , and Orophodontidae . There are no fossils of tree sloths , but they appear to be structurally related to the ground sloth families Mega- theriidae and ...
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... Ground sloths . Large canine - like teeth in the upper and lower jaws and no spoutlike terminus on the lower jaw . Family Megatheriidae ( ground sloths ) . Upper Oligocene to Pleistocene in South America ; Pleistocene in North Amer- ica ...
... Ground sloths . Large canine - like teeth in the upper and lower jaws and no spoutlike terminus on the lower jaw . Family Megatheriidae ( ground sloths ) . Upper Oligocene to Pleistocene in South America ; Pleistocene in North Amer- ica ...
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