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Megatherium elenense
Taxonomy
Schaubia elenensis was named by Hoffstetter (1949).
It was recombined as Eremotherium elenense by Hoffstetter (1952); it was recombined as Megatherium elenense by Hoffstetter (1952), Pujos (2006).
It was recombined as Eremotherium elenense by Hoffstetter (1952); it was recombined as Megatherium elenense by Hoffstetter (1952), Pujos (2006).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1949 | Schaubia elenensis Hoffstetter pp. 31-42 figs. 7-10 |
| 1952 | Megatherium elenense Hoffstetter |
| 1952 | Eremotherium elenense Hoffstetter p. 70 |
| 2006 | Megatherium elenense Pujos |
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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.
†Megatherium elenense Hoffstetter 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | Peru (Pasco) | Megatherium elenense (145583) | |
| Lujanian | Peru (Piura) | Megatherium elenense (145500) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador (Santa Elena) | Eremotherium elenense (133630) |