Fossils of the arm of a sloth found in Puerto Rico in 1991, and dated at 34 million years old, made it the earliest known mammal of the Greater Antilles islands.
Meaning:
The sentence is talking about fossils of a sloth's arm. This sloth was found in Puerto Rico in 1991. The fossils that have been found are 34 million years old and this makes the sloth earliest known mammal of some islands.
Error:
1) Verb-ed modifier modifies the immediate preceding noun and thus 'found' modifies sloth and
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Meaning:
The sentence is talking about fossils of a sloth's arm. This sloth was found in Puerto Rico in 1991. The fossils that have been found are 34 million years old and this makes the sloth earliest known mammal of some islands.
Error:
1) Verb-ed modifier modifies the immediate preceding noun and thus 'found' modifies sloth and
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