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Megatherium sundti

Mammalia - Megatheriidae

Taxonomy
Megatherium sundti was named by Philippi (1893). Its type specimen is SGO PV 277 (formerly 5-VI-67/2), a mandible, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Río Desaguadero, Ulloma, Oruro, which is in a Pleistocene lacustrine - large sandstone in the Ulloma Formation of Bolivia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Megatherium sundti Philippi p. 91
2006Megatherium sundti Pujos
2006Megatherium sundti de Iuliis pp. 164-168 figs. 1-2

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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
speciessundtiPhilippi 1893

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 sundti Philippi 1893
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-22 16:27:04
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:30:14
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Bolivia (Oruro) Megatherium sundti (type locality: 63761)