Definition of Mylodontidae. Meaning of Mylodontidae. Synonyms of Mylodontidae

- Mylodontidae is a family of extinct South American and North American ground sloths within the suborder Folivora of order Pilosa, living from around 23...
- well developed claws. In many ground sloth families (Megatheriidae, Mylodontidae, Scelidotheriidae and Nothrotheriidae), the hindfoot is inwardly rotated...
- Mylodon is an extinct genus of ground sloth belonging to the family Mylodontidae, known from southern South America. With a total length of 3 to 4 m and...
- superfamily Mylodontoidea, related to the other extinct mylodontoid family, Mylodontidae, as well as to the living two-toed sloth family Choloepodidae. The only...
- Paramylodon is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae endemic to North America during the Pliocene through Pleistocene epochs, living...
- in the Pampas and adjacent regions. The largest member of the family Mylodontidae, It is estimated to have weighed 4,100 kilograms (4.5 short tons). It...
- Gill 1872 Family Choloepodidae Po**** 1924 (two-toed sloths) Family †Mylodontidae Gill 1872 (mylodontid ground sloths) Family †Scelidotheriidae Ameghino...
- Early Miocene to the Early Holocene epochs. The classification of the Mylodontidae is complex and often under discussion. The most widely accepted subfamilies...
- molecular results to be closest to extinct ground sloths of the family Mylodontidae. A study of retrovirus and mitochondrial DNA suggests that C. didactylus...
- and the other in eastern Peru, western Brazil, and northern Bolivia. †Mylodontidae: ground sloths that existed for about 23 million years and went extinct...