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Myrmecophagidae (anteater)
Taxonomy
Myrmecophagidae was named by Gray (1825). It is extant. Its type is Myrmecophaga.
It was assigned to Bruta by Bonaparte (1850); to Pilosa by Flower (1883); to Xenarthra by Cope (1889); to Vermilinguia by Ameghino (1889); to Edentata by Cope (1889) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Xenarthra by Nowak (1991); and to Vermilingua by Carroll (1988) and Gaudin and Branham (1998).
It was assigned to Bruta by Bonaparte (1850); to Pilosa by Flower (1883); to Xenarthra by Cope (1889); to Vermilinguia by Ameghino (1889); to Edentata by Cope (1889) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Xenarthra by Nowak (1991); and to Vermilingua by Carroll (1988) and Gaudin and Branham (1998).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1825 | Myrmecophagidae Gray |
| 1850 | Myrmecophagidae Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1883 | Myrmecophagidae Flower p. 184 |
| 1889 | Myrmecophagidae Ameghino p. 658 |
| 1889 | Myrmecophagidae Cope p. 658 |
| 1891 | Myrmecophagidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89 |
| 1988 | Myrmecophagidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Myrmecophagidae Nowak |
| 1998 | Myrmecophagidae Gaudin and Branham |
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