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Myrmecophaga (giant anteater)

Mammalia - Myrmecophagidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Myrmecophaga Linnaeus p. 35
1825Myrmecophagus Gray p. 343
1900Falcifer Rehn
1934Nunezia Kraglievich
1988Myrmecophaga Carroll
1998Myrmecophaga Gaudin and Branham
2006Myrmecophaga Salles et al. p. 7
2008Myrmecophaga McDonald 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
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
superfamilyVermilingua
familyMyrmecophagidae
genusMyrmecophaga

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. Myrmecophaga Linnaeus 1758 [giant anteater]
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Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus 1758 [giant anteater]
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Invalid names: Myrmecophaga centralis Lyon 1906 [synonym], Myrmecophaga jubata Linnaeus 1766 [synonym]
Invalid names: Falcifer Rehn 1900 [synonym], Nunezia Kraglievich 1934 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available