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Megalonychops

Mammalia - Megalonychidae

Taxonomy
Megalonychops was named by Kraglievich (1927). It is not extant. Its type is Megalonychops primigenius.

It was assigned to Megalonychinae by Brandoni (2008); and to Megalonychidae by Carroll (1988) and Brandoni (2011).

Species
M. primigenius (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Megalonychops Kraglievich
1988Megalonychops Carroll
2008Megalonychops Brandoni
2011Megalonychops Brandoni p. 39

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
familyMegalonychidaeGervais 1855
genusMegalonychopsKraglievich 1927

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. †Megalonychops Kraglievich 1927
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†Megalonychops primigenius Kraglievich 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available