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Megatherium uquiensis

Mammalia - Megatheriidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
M. altiplanicum, M. americanum (syn. Essonodontherium gervaisi), M. antiquum, M. bergi, M. celendinense, M. elenense, M. gallardoi, M. gaudryi, M. istilarti, M. lundi, M. medinae, M. mirabile, M. rectidens, M. sundti, M. tarijense (syn. M. filholi), M. uquiense, M. urbinai, Neoracanthus brackebuschianus, Neoracanthus burmeisteri
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. tarijensis

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
—Megatheria
familyMegatheriidae()
subfamilyMegatheriinaeGill 1872
genusMegatheriumCuvier 1796
speciesuquiensis

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available