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Megatheriidae (ground sloth)
Taxonomy
Megatheriidae was named by Gray (1821) [also attributed to Owen 1843].
It was assigned to Oligodontae by Gray (1821); to Bruta by Bonaparte (1850); to Xenarthra by Cope (1889); to Edentata by Cope (1889) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Megatherioidea by Paula Couto (1956); 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); and to Cingulata by McDonald and Naples (2007).
It was assigned to Oligodontae by Gray (1821); to Bruta by Bonaparte (1850); to Xenarthra by Cope (1889); to Edentata by Cope (1889) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Megatherioidea by Paula Couto (1956); 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); and to Cingulata by McDonald and Naples (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1821 | Megatheriidae Gray p. 304 |
| 1850 | Megatheriidae Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1889 | Megatheriidae Cope p. 658 |
| 1891 | Megatheriidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89 |
| 1956 | Megatheriidae Paula Couto p. 99 |
| 1988 | Megatheriidae Carroll |
| 1993 | Megatheriidae MacFadden et al. p. 235 |
| 1995 | Megatheriidae Gaudin |
| 1999 | Megatheriidae De Iuliis and Cartelle p. 500 |
| 2007 | Megatheriidae McDonald and Naples p. 154 |
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