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Megalonychoidea

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Megalonychoidea is a superfamily.

It was assigned to Xenarthra by Simpson (1948); to Edentata by Simpson (1967); to Pilosa by Carroll (1988); and to Phyllophaga by Muizon et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Megalonychoidea Simpson
1967Megalonychoidea Simpson
1988Megalonychoidea Carroll
2004Megalonychoidea Muizon et al. p. 388

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
Phyllophaga(Owen 1842)
superfamilyMegalonychoidea
superfamilyMegalonychoidea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. †Megalonychoidea
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G. †Proplatyarthrus Ameghino 1905
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Proplatyarthrus longipes Ameghino 1905
Invalid names: Nothrotheriidae Ameghino 1920 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available