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Megatheriadae (disused)
Taxonomy
Megatheriadae was named by Gray (1821). Its type is Megatherium.
It was corrected as Megatheriidae by Bonaparte (1850), Cope (1889), Cope (1889), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Gadow (1898), Ameghino (1902), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Paula Couto (1956), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Carroll (1988), MacFadden et al. (1993), Gaudin (1995), De Iuliis and Cartelle (1999), Pujos (2006), McDonald and Naples (2007), Amson et al. (2017), De Los Arcos et al. (2017), Varela et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Oligodontae by Gray (1821); to Bruta by Bonaparte (1850); to Xenarthra by Cope (1889), Gadow (1898), Hay (1902); to Megatherioidae by Hay (1930); to Edentata by Cope (1889), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Ameghino (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Megalonychoidea by Carroll (1988); to Pilosa by MacFadden et al. (1993); to Eutardigrada by Gaudin (1995); to Tardigrada by De Iuliis and Cartelle (1999); to Megatherioidea by Paula Couto (1956), Pujos (2006); to Cingulata by McDonald and Naples (2007); to Tardigrada by De Los Arcos et al. (2017); and to Megatheria by Amson et al. (2017), Varela et al. (2019).
It was corrected as Megatheriidae by Bonaparte (1850), Cope (1889), Cope (1889), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Gadow (1898), Ameghino (1902), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Paula Couto (1956), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Carroll (1988), MacFadden et al. (1993), Gaudin (1995), De Iuliis and Cartelle (1999), Pujos (2006), McDonald and Naples (2007), Amson et al. (2017), De Los Arcos et al. (2017), Varela et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Oligodontae by Gray (1821); to Bruta by Bonaparte (1850); to Xenarthra by Cope (1889), Gadow (1898), Hay (1902); to Megatherioidae by Hay (1930); to Edentata by Cope (1889), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Ameghino (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Megalonychoidea by Carroll (1988); to Pilosa by MacFadden et al. (1993); to Eutardigrada by Gaudin (1995); to Tardigrada by De Iuliis and Cartelle (1999); to Megatherioidea by Paula Couto (1956), Pujos (2006); to Cingulata by McDonald and Naples (2007); to Tardigrada by De Los Arcos et al. (2017); and to Megatheria by Amson et al. (2017), Varela et al. (2019).