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Valgipes
Taxonomy
Valgipes was named by Gervais (1874). It is not extant. Its type is Valgipes bucklandi.
It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Hoffstetter (1954); and to Scelidotheriinae by Cartelle et al. (2008) and Varela et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Hoffstetter (1954); and to Scelidotheriinae by Cartelle et al. (2008) and Varela et al. (2019).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1839 | Myrmecophaga gigantea Lund p. 571 |
| 1874 | Valgipes Gervais |
| 1954 | Valgipes Hoffstetter |
| 2008 | Valgipes Cartelle et al. p. 337 |
| 2019 | Valgipes Varela et al. |
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G. †Valgipes Gervais 1874
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†Valgipes bucklandi Lund 1839
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Invalid names: Platyonyx bucklandi Lund 1842 [replaced], Valgipes deformis Gervais 1874 [synonym]
Invalid names: Myrmecophaga gigantea Lund 1839 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available