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Crown clade: Megatheria McKenna & Bell 1997 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Node-based clade Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 96 (note 1). [implicit]

Defined by the most recent common ancestor (and all its descendants) of

Bradypodoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 96 (note 1).
Megatherioidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 96 (note 1).

Current position

Phyllophaga (Suborder) Owen, 1842 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 96. [inferred rank]
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