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Megalonychidae is an
extinct family of
sloths including the
extinct Megalonyx.
Megalonychids first appeared in the
early Oligocene,
about 35
million years...
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morphological studies to be the only
surviving members of the
sloth family Megalonychidae, but have now been
shown by
molecular results to be
closest to extinct...
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Mammalia Order:
Pilosa Suborder:
Folivora Families †Megalocnidae (in part) †
Megalonychidae †Megatheriidae †Nothrotheriidae †Mylodontidae †Scelidotheriidae...
- (Gr****, "great-claw") is an
extinct genus of
ground sloths of the
family Megalonychidae,
native to
North America. It
evolved during the
Pliocene Epoch and became...
- the
small island of Isla
Escudo de
Veraguas off the
coast of Panama. †
Megalonychidae:
ground sloths that
existed for
about 35
million years and went extinct...
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genus of the
extinct family Megalonychidae within the
suborder Folivora and the
superorder Xenarthra. The
Megalonychidae represent a very
diverse group...
- but are
absent from Jamaica.
While they were
formerly placed in the
Megalonychidae alongside two-toed
sloths and
ground sloths like Megalonyx,
recent mitochondrial...
- Gray 1821
Family Bradypodidae Gray 1821 (three-toed sloths)
Family †
Megalonychidae Gervais 1855 (megalonychid
ground sloths)
Family †Megatheriidae Gray...
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history of
Megalonyx Jefferson, 1799 (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Pilosa,
Megalonychidae)".
ZooKeys (1195): 297–308. Bibcode:2024ZooK.1195..297B. doi:10.3897/zookeys...
- be
within Megalonychidae. As part of his
review of the genus,
Brandoni moved Ortotherium to an
indeterminate position within Megalonychidae,
though noted...
