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Superfamily
Megatherioidea
Gray, 1821
(mammal)
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Entity:
Megatheria (Infraorder)
..Bradypodoidea (Superfamily)
..Megatherioidea (Superfamily)
....Megalonychidae (Family) - West Indian sloths and two-toed tree sloths
....‡Megatheriidae (Family)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Chordata
-
(Class)
Mammalia
-
(Order)
Pilosa
Included, by definition, in node-based clade
Megatheria
(Clade)
McKenna & Bell 1997
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 96 (note 1).
Subsequent positions
Megatheria
(Infraorder)
McKenna & Bell, 1997
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 96.
Subsequent entries
Megalonychidae
(Family)
Gervais, 1855
Megatheriidae
(Family)
Gray, 1821
Current position
Megatheria
(Infraorder)
McKenna & Bell, 1997
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 96.
[
new position
]
Historical positions
Megatheria
(Infraorder)
McKenna & Bell, 1997
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 96.
[
new position
]
Number of Subtaxa
2024
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
1f;1g;2s;5ss; ‡1f;4g; †53g;4s;1ss
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
1f;1g;2s;5ss; ‡1f;4g; †53g
1997
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell
[1f;1g; ‡1f;4g; †53g]
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1 Feb 2024