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Megalonychoidea
Taxonomy
Megalonychoidea is a superfamily.
It was assigned to Xenarthra by Simpson (1948); to Edentata by Simpson (1967); to Pilosa by Carroll (1988); and to Phyllophaga by Muizon et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Xenarthra by Simpson (1948); to Edentata by Simpson (1967); to Pilosa by Carroll (1988); and to Phyllophaga by Muizon et al. (2004).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1948 | Megalonychoidea Simpson |
| 1967 | Megalonychoidea Simpson |
| 1988 | Megalonychoidea Carroll |
| 2004 | Megalonychoidea Muizon et al. p. 388 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hasegawa and Otsuka 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Proplatyarthrus longipes (38611) |