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Megaladapis
Taxonomy
Megaladapis was named by Forsyth Major (1894). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Megaladapidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Karanth et al. (2005) and Burney et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Megaladapidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Karanth et al. (2005) and Burney et al. (2008).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1894 | Megaladapis Forsyth Major |
| 1997 | Megaladapis McKenna and Bell |
| 2005 | Megaladapis Karanth et al. p. 5094 |
| 2008 | Megaladapis Burney et al. p. 19 |
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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. †Megaladapis Forsyth Major 1894
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†Megaladapis edwardsi Grandidier 1899
†Megaladapis grandidieri Standing 1903
†Megaladapis madagascariensis Forsyth Major 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||