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Megatheriops
Taxonomy
Megatheriops was named by Ameghino and Kraglievich (1921). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Megatheriinae by Pujos (2006) and Brandoni et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Megatheriinae by Pujos (2006) and Brandoni et al. (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1921 | Megatheriops Ameghino and Kraglievich |
| 2006 | Megatheriops Pujos |
| 2018 | Megatheriops Brandoni et al. |
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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.
G. †Megatheriops Ameghino and Kraglievich 1921
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†Megatheriops rectidens Rovereto 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | Peru (Espinar) | M. rectidens (231811) |