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† Megatheriidae
Megatheriidae

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Grouping

Belong­ing to

 Gaeabionta  ⇒ Domäne: Eukaryota  ⇒ Reich: Animalia  ⇒ Mittelreich: Eumetazoa  ⇒ Klade: Triploblastica  ⇒ Klade: Nephrozoa  ⇒ Abzweig: Deuterostomia  ⇒ Stamm: Chordata  ⇒ Unterstamm: Vertebrata  ⇒ Infrastamm: Gnathostomata  ⇒ Superklasse: Tetrapoda  ⇒ Klasse: Mammalia  ⇒ Unterklasse: Theriiformes  ⇒ Infraklasse: Holotheria  ⇒ Superlegion: Trechnotheria  ⇒ Legion: Cladotheria  ⇒ Sublegion: Zatheria  ⇒ Infralegion: Tribosphenida  ⇒ Superkohorte: Theria  ⇒ Kohorte: Placentalia  ⇒ Ordnung: Xenarthra  ⇒ Infraordnung: Pilosa

Taxo­nomic seg­ment

Familie

This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.

Name from

Corre­spond­ing author (Name, Year)

Gray, 1821

Other languages

scientific

Megatheriidae

Lebenszeitraum in Million Jahren (Ma)

Start age: 17.5 Ma - End age: 0 Ma
0
0.0117
1.8
5.333
20.44
Meghalayan
Northgrippian
Greenlandian
Upper Pleistocene
Ionian
Calabrian
Gelasian
Piacenzian
Zanclean
Messinian
Tortonian
Serravallian
Langhian
Burdigalian
Holocene
Pleistocene
Pliocene
Miocene
Quaternary
Neogene

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Motility: actively mobile
Habit: ground dwelling
Environment: terrestrial
Diet:

herbivore
Compositon of the remains:

phosphatic

Reference- and Source indication, Literature

Next lower taxonomy level

On the same taxonomic level (siblings) (Count: 9)

Taxonomic assignment (97)

References by PBDB, License: CC BY

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  • L. Varela, 2019 - Phylogeny, Macroevolutionary Trends and Historical Biogeography of Sloths: Insights From a Bayesian Morphological Clock Analysis - Systematic Biology (68), 204-218 (journal article, English)
  • D. Brandoni, 2019 - Evolutive Implications of Megathericulus patagonicus (Xenarthra, Megatheriinae) from the Miocene of Patagonia Argentina - Journal of Mammalian Evolution (), 1-16 (journal article, English)
  • D. Brandoni, 2018 - New Remains of Megathericulus patagonicus Ameghino, 1904 (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) from the Serravallian (Middle Miocene) of Bolivia; Chronological and Biogeographical Implications - Journal of Mammalian Evolution (25), 327-337 (journal article, English)
  • F. Pujos, 2016 - A new nothrotheriid xenarthran from the early Pliocene of Pomata-Ayte (Bolivia): new insights into the caniniform–molariform transition in sloths - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (178), 679-712 (journal article, English)
  • A. A. Carlini, 2013 - A new genus and species of Planopinae (Xenarthra: Tardigrada) from the Miocene of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina - Zootaxa (3694), 565-578 (journal article, English)
  • D. Brandoni, 2013 - Los Tardigrada (Mammalia, Xenarthra) del Mioceno tardío de Entre Ríos Argentina - El Neógeno de la Mesopotamia argentina (14), 135-144 (journal article, Spanish)
  • E. Soibelzon, 2010 - Los Xenarhtra (Mammalia) del Ensenadense (Pleistoceno inferior a medio) de la Región Pampeana (Argentina) - Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológica (27), 449-469 (journal article, Spanish)
  • G. De Iuliis, 2009 - Systematic and taxonomic revision of the Pleistocene ground sloth Megatherium (Pseudomegatherium) tarijense (Xenarthra: Megatheriidae) - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (29), 1244-1251 (journal article, English)
  • D. Brandoni, 2009 - On the presence of Pyramiodontherium (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Megatheriidae) in the late Miocene of northeastern Argentina and its biogeographical implications - Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia (115), 111-123 (journal article, English)
  • G. De Iuliis, 2008 - New remains of Megathericulus patagonicus Ameghino 1904 (Xenarthra, Megatheriidae): Information on primitives features of Megatheriines - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (28), 181-196 (journal article, English)
  • C. Cartelle, 2008 - A new species of Megalonychidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Quaternary of Poço Azul (Bahia, Brazil) - Comptes Rendus Palevol (7), 335-346 (journal article, English)
  • A. A. Carlini, 2008 - Additions to the knowledge of Urumaquia robusta (Xenarthra, Phyllophaga, Megatheriidae) from the Urumaco Formation (Late Miocene), Estado Falc6n, Venezuela - Palaeontologische Zeitschrift (82), 153-162 (journal article, English)
  • F. Pujos, 2007 - A peculiar climbing Megalonychidae from the Pleistocene of Peru and its implication for sloth history - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (149), 179-235 (journal article, English)
  • M. Coltorti, 2007 - Last glacial mammals in South America: a new scenario from the Tarija basin (Bolivia) - Naturwissenschaften (94), 288-299 (journal article, English)
  • H. G. McDonald, 2007 - Xenarthra - Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America (2), 147-160 (book/book chapter, English)
  • D. Brandoni, 2007 - Los Megatheriinae (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) del Terciario de Entre Ríos, Argentina: aspectos taxonómicos y sistemáticos - Ameghiniana (44), 427-437 (journal article, Spanish)
  • D. Brandoni, 2007 - A new genus for the Megatheriinae (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Megatheriidae) from the Arroyo Chasicó Formation (Upper Miocene) of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina - Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen (244), 53-64 (journal article, English)
  • D. Brandoni, 2006 - A review of Pliomegatherium Kraglievich, 1930 (Xenarthra: Phyllophaga: Megatheriidae) - Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. Monatshefte (4), 212-224 (journal article, English)
  • G. de Iuliis, 2006 - On the taxonomic status of Megatherium sundti Philippi, 1893 (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Megatheriidae) - Ameghiniana (43), 161-169 (journal article, English)
  • A. A. Carlini, 2006 - First Megatheriines (Xenarthra, Phyllophaga, Megatheriidae) from the Urumaco (late Miocene) and Codore (Pliocene) Formations, Estado Falcón, Venezuela - Journal of Systematic Paleontology (4), 269-278 (journal article, English)
  • F. Pujos, 2006 - Megatherium celendinense sp. nov. from the pleistocene of the Peruvian Andes and the phylogenetic relationships of Megatheriines - Palaeontology (49), 285-306 (journal article, English)
  • C. M. Deschamps, 2005 - Late Cenozoic mammal bio-chronostratigraphy in southwestern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina - Ameghiniana (42), 733-750 (journal article, English)
  • F. Pujos, 2004 - A new species of Megatherium (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Megatheriidae) from the Pleistocene of Sacaco and Tres Ventanas, Peru - Palaeontology (47), 579-604 (journal article, English)
  • A. E. Zurita, 2004 - Mamíferos extintos del Cuaternario de la Provincia del Chaco (Argentina) y su relación con aquéllos del este de la región pampeana y de Chile - Revista geológica de Chile (31), 65-87 (journal article, Spanish)
  • G. De Iuliis, 2004 - The Toro Negro Megatheriinae (Mammalia, Xenarthra: A new species of Pyramiodontherium and a review of Plesiomegatherium - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (24), 214-227 (journal article, English)
  • J. Alroy, 2002 - Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals - (), - (unpublished, English)
  • A. A. Carlini, 2002 - Una nueva especie de megaterino (Xenarthra, Megatheriidae) del Mioceno Tardío-Plioceno de Catamarca, Argentina - Ameghiniana (39), 367-377 (journal article, Spanish)
  • P. A. Saint-Andre, 2001 - The smallest and most ancient representative of the genus Megatherium Cuvier, 1796 (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Megatheriidae), from the Pliocene of the Bolivian Altiplano - Geodiversitas (23), 625-645 (journal article, English)
  • A. L. Cione, 2000 - Miocene vertebrates from Entre Rios province, eastern Argentina - Serie Correlacion Geologica (14), 191-237 (journal article, English)
  • G. De Iuliis, 1999 - A new giant megatheriine ground sloth (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Megatheriidae) from the late Blancan to early Irvingtonian of Florida - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (127), 495-515 (journal article, English)
  • R. C. Hulbert, Jr., 1998 - Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) vertebrate faunas from coastal Georgia - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (18), 412-429 (journal article, English)
  • G. J. Scillato-Yané, 1998 - Nuevos Xenarthra del Friasense (Mioceno medio) de Argentina - Studia geologica salmanticensia (34), 43-67 (journal article, Spanish)
  • G. De Iuliis, 1997 - Eremotherium sefvei nov. sp. (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Megatheriidae) from the Pleistocene of Ulloma, Bolivia - Geobios (30), 453-461 (journal article, English)
  • C. Cartelle, 1995 - Eremotherium laurillardi: the Panamerican late Pleistocene megatheriid sloth - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (15), 830-841 (journal article, )
  • T. J. Gaudin, 1995 - The ear region of edentates and the phylogeny of Tardigrada (Mammalia, Xenarthra) - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (15), 672-705 (journal article, English)
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  • R. Pascual, 1971 - Mesa redonda: Evolución de las comunidades de los Vertebrados del Terciario argentino. Los aspectos paleozoogeográficos y paleoclimáticos - Ameghiniana (7), 372-412 (journal article, Spanish)
  • A. G. Edmund, 1970 - Essodontherium gervaise es un sinonimo de Megatherium americanum Cuvier (Xenarthra, Mammalia) - Ameghiniana (7), 317-328 (journal article, Spanish)
  • C. L. Gazin, 1957 - A skull of the Bridger Middle Eocene creodont, Patriofelis ulta Leidy - Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (134), 1-20 (journal article, English)
  • R. Hoffstetter, 1952 - Les Mammiferes Pleistocenes de la Republique de L´Equateur - Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (66), 1-391 (journal article, French)
  • T. E. White, 1941 - Addition to the fauna of the Florida Pliocene - Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club (18), 67-70 (journal article, English)
  • A. Cabrera, 1928 - Sobre algunos megaterios pliocenos - Revista del Museo de La Plata (31), 339-352 (journal article, Spanish)
  • S. Roth, 1911 - Un nuevo género de la familia Megatheridae - Revista del Museo de la Plata (18), 1-21 (journal article, Spanish)
  • F. Ameghino, 1904 - Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic] - Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina (56–58), 1-142 (journal article, Spanish)
  • O. P. Hay, 1902 - - Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey (179), 1-868 (serial monograph, English)
  • F. Ameghino, 1894 - Enumeration synoptique des especes de mammifères fossiles des formations éocènes de Patagonie - Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba (13), 259-452 (journal article, French)
  • R. Lydekker, 1894 - Contributions to a knowledge of the fossil vertebrates of Argentina. II. 2. The extinct edentates of Argentina - Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina (3), 1-118 (journal article, English)
  • F. Ameghino, 1891 - Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Pat - Revista Argentina de Historia Natural (1), 289-328 (journal article, Spanish)
  • F. Ameghino, 1889 - Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic] - Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba (6), xxxii-1027 (book/book chapter, Spanish)
  • E. D. Cope, 1889 - The Edentata of North America - American Naturalist (23), 657-664 (journal article, English)
  • F. P. Moreno, 1888 - Informe preliminar de los progresos del Museo La Plata, durante el primer semestre de 1888 - Boletim del Museo de La Plata (II), 1-35 (journal article, English)
  • F. Ameghino, 1885 - Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles Oligocenos recogidos por el Profesor Pedro Scalabrini y pertenecientes al Museo Provincial de la ciudad del Parana [New remains of Oligocene fossil mammals collected by Professor Pedro Scalabrini and belonging to the Pro - Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias (8), 1-205 (journal article, Spanish)
  • F. Ameghino, 1883 - Sobre una nueva colección de mamíferos fósiles recogidos por el Profesor Scalabrini en Las Barrancas del Paraña [On a collection of fossil mammals collected by Professor Scalabrini in Las Barrancas of Paraña] - Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias (5), 55-104 (journal article, Spanish)
  • J. Leidy, 1853 - [Dr. Leidy called the attention of the members to several fossil teeth] - Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (6), 241- (journal article, English)
  • C.-L. Bonaparte, 1850 - - Conspectus Systematis Mastozoologiae. Editio Altera Reformata [Survey of the system of mammals. Second revised edition]. E. J. Brill, Leyden (), 1- (serial monograph, other)
  • J. E. Gray, 1821 - On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals - The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review (15), 296-310 (journal article, English)

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Database ID 252906