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Megatheriid Ground Sloths

Megatheriidae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Megatheriidae
Family recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from EOL Mammals Patch
Megatheriidae
Class recognized by Thailand Species List
Megatheriidae
Family recognized by GBIF classification, PBDB in DwCA, and WikiData Mammalia Branch
Megatheriidae
Recognized by South Atlantic Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Delete- old US Species List, Venezuela Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Paraguay Species List, Peru Species List, Ecuador Species List, Chile Species List, Argentina Species List, Brazil Species List, EOL staff, Dynamic Hierarchy Synonyms, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Bolivia Species List, Panama Species List, and United States Species List
Megatheriidae Gray 1821
Family recognized by TreatmentBank and TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

? adteger Amegino, 1887
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? burmeisteri Ameghino, 1885
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? circularis Ameghino, 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? cylindricus Ameghino, 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? elenense Hoffstetter, 1949
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? fissognathus Ameghino, 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gervaisi Gervais & Ameghino, 1880
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? juanajuatense Duges, 1882
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? laurillardi Lund, 1842
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? rusconii Schaub, 1935
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? rutimeyeri Ameghino, 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? smaltatus Ameghino, 1883
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anisodontherium Brandoni & De Iuliis 2007
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Diheterocnus Kraglievich 1928
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Grypotherium
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Megatheriidae
Harvest ancestor according to GBIF classification, PBDB in DwCA, PBDB in DwCA, and TreatmentBank
Orycterotherium Harlan 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Parapelecyodon
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Perezfontanatherium
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Plesiomegatherium Roth 1911
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Synhapalops Kraglievich 1930
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Xenocnus de Paulo Couto 1980
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

ground sloths
prefer
Recognized by
megatheriid ground sloths preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa

Curated hierarchies for Megatheriidae

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Xenarthra
Pilosa
Folivora
Megatheriidae (this page)
Anisodontherium Brandoni & De Iuliis 2007
Diellipsodon Berg 1899
Diodomus Ameghino 1885
Eomegatherium Kraglievich 1926
Eremotherium Spillmann 1948
Hapalops Ameghino 1887
Interodon Ameghino 1885
Megathericulus Ameghino 1904
Megatheridium Cabrera 1928
Megatheriops Ameghino & Kraglievich 1921
Megatherium Cuvier 1796
Planops Ameghino 1887
Plesiomegatherium Roth 1911
Pliomegatherium Kraglievich 1930
Prepoplanops Carlini et al. 2013
Prepotheriops Ameghino 1904
Prepotherium Ameghino 1891
Proeremotherium Carlini et al. 2006
Promegatherium Ameghino 1883
Proprepotherium Ameghino 1904
Pyramiodontherium Rovereto 1914
Urumaquia Carlini et al. 2006
Zamicrus Ameghino 1889
Bradypodidae Gray 1821
Diabolotherium Pujos et al 2007
Entelopidae
Megalonychidae
Mylodontidae
Nothrotheriidae
Orophodontidae
Rathymotheriidae

WikiData Mammalia Branch

Placentalia
Xenarthra
Pilosa
Megatheriidae (this page)
Megatheriinae
Megatherium
Folivora
Mylodontidae
Orophodontidae
Vermilingua
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