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Taxon: Subfamily Megalonychinae Gervais, 1855 (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Pilosa - (Family) Megalonychidae

Original position

Questionably Megalonychidae (Family) Gervais, 1855

Original entries

Questionably †*Megalonychops* (Genus) Kraglievich, 1926
Questionably †*Meizonyx* (Genus) Webb, 1985
Questionably †*Pliometanastes* (Genus) Hirschfeld & Webb, 1968
Questionably †*Sinclairia* (Genus) Ameghino, 1912, nom. dub.

Subsequent entries

*Choloepodini* (Tribe) Gray, 1871
†*Megalonychini* (Tribe) Gervais, 1855		Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 100.
†*Valgipes* (Genus) Gervais, 1874

Current position

Megalonychidae (Family) Gervais, 1855

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 100.

Historical positions

Megalonychidae (Family) Gervais, 1855

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 100.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;2s;5ss; ‡1g; †13g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	1g;2s;5ss; ‡1g; †13g
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[1g; ‡1g; †13g]

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