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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) and Varela et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Oligodontae by Gray (1821); to Bruta by Bonaparte (1850); to Xenarthra by Cope (1889), Gadow (1898) and Hay (1902); to Megatherioidae by Hay (1930); to Edentata by Cope (1889), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Ameghino (1902) and 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) and 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) and 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) and Varela et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Oligodontae by Gray (1821); to Bruta by Bonaparte (1850); to Xenarthra by Cope (1889), Gadow (1898) and Hay (1902); to Megatherioidae by Hay (1930); to Edentata by Cope (1889), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Ameghino (1902) and 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) and 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) and Varela et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1821 | Megatheriadae Gray p. 305 |
| 1850 | Megatheriidae Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1889 | Megatheriidae Cope p. 658 |
| 1891 | Megatheriidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89 |
| 1898 | Megatheriidae Gadow p. 41 |
| 1902 | Megatheriidae Ameghino |
| 1902 | Megatheriidae Hay p. 575 |
| 1930 | Megatheriidae Hay p. 404 |
| 1956 | Megatheriidae Paula Couto p. 99 |
| 1980 | Megatheriidae Kurten and Anderson p. 138 |
| 1988 | Megatheriidae Carroll |
| 1993 | Megatheriidae MacFadden et al. p. 235 |
| 1995 | Megatheriidae Gaudin |
| 1999 | Megatheriidae De Iuliis and Cartelle p. 500 |
| 2006 | Megatheriidae Pujos |
| 2007 | Megatheriidae McDonald and Naples p. 154 |
| 2017 | Megatheriidae Amson et al. p. 231 figs. Fig. 10 |
| 2017 | Megatheriidae De Los Arcos et al. p. 355 |
| 2019 | Megatheriidae Varela et al. |
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Fm. †Megatheriadae Gray 1821
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available