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Mylodontidae (ground sloth)
Taxonomy
Mylodontidae was named by Gill (1872). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Edentata by Frailey (1986); to Pilosa by MacFadden et al. (1993); to Eutardigrada by Gaudin (1995); to Mylodontoidea by Paula Couto (1956), Carroll (1988) and Villarroel (2000); and to Cingulata by McDonald and Naples (2007).
It was assigned to Edentata by Frailey (1986); to Pilosa by MacFadden et al. (1993); to Eutardigrada by Gaudin (1995); to Mylodontoidea by Paula Couto (1956), Carroll (1988) and Villarroel (2000); and to Cingulata by McDonald and Naples (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1872 | Mylodontidae Gill |
| 1956 | Mylodontidae Paula Couto p. 100 |
| 1986 | Mylodontidae Frailey p. 9 |
| 1988 | Mylodontidae Carroll |
| 1993 | Mylodontidae MacFadden et al. p. 235 |
| 1995 | Mylodontidae Gaudin |
| 2000 | Mylodontidae Villarroel p. 118 |
| 2007 | Mylodontidae McDonald and Naples p. 155 |
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