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Megatheriadae (disused)

Mammalia - Oligodontae - Megatheriadae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Megatheriadae Gray p. 305
1850Megatheriidae Bonaparte p. 1
1889Megatheriidae Cope p. 658
1891Megatheriidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89
1898Megatheriidae Gadow p. 41
1902Megatheriidae Ameghino
1902Megatheriidae Hay p. 575
1956Megatheriidae Paula Couto p. 99
1980Megatheriidae Kurten and Anderson p. 138
1988Megatheriidae Carroll
1993Megatheriidae MacFadden et al. p. 235
1995Megatheriidae Gaudin
1999Megatheriidae De Iuliis and Cartelle p. 500
2006Megatheriidae Pujos
2007Megatheriidae McDonald and Naples p. 154
2017Megatheriidae Amson et al. p. 231 figs. Fig. 10
2017Megatheriidae De Los Arcos et al. p. 355
2019Megatheriidae Varela et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Ditremata
subclassUnguiculata
orderOligodontae
familyMegatheriadae
familyMegatheriadae

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.

Fm. †Megatheriadae Gray 1821
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available