Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11330856 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A205C2E1-0C3A-805E-E824-9479A3CA77B0 |
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Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889 |
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Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889 View in CoL
Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889 View in CoL , Acta Acad. Nac. Cienc. Cordoba, Buenos Aires, 6: 690.
Genera: 1 genus with 2 species:
Genus Choloepus Illiger 1811 (2 species with 5 subspecies)
Discussion: Includes Choloepus and approximately 12 genera of extinct sloths, some of which survived to the Holocene on Caribbean islands. Choloepus was formerly included in Bradypodidae (see Hoffstetter, 1969; Patterson and Pascual, 1968 a) or Choloepidae (see Honacki et al., 1982). Placed in Megalonychidae by Webb (1985) and Wetzel (1985 a).
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Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005 |
Megalonychidae
Ameghino 1889: 690 |