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Nothrotheriidae (disused)

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Nothrotheriidae was named by Ameghino (1920) [Ameghino named this as a subfamily, not a family. Elevated to family rank by Muizon an McDonald 2004.].

It was assigned to Megalonychoidea by Muizon et al. (2004); and to Megatheria by Amson et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Nothrotheriidae Ameghino
2004Nothrotheriidae Muizon et al. p. 388
2017Nothrotheriidae Amson et al. p. 231 figs. Fig. 10

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
Phyllophaga(Owen 1842)
superfamilyMegalonychoidea
subfamilyNothrotheriidaeAmeghino 1920
subfamilyNothrotheriidaeAmeghino 1920

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.

Subfm. †Nothrotheriidae Ameghino 1920
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available