Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889

Description

Family Megalonychidae

COMMENT: Known only from sub-Recent fossils from the Greater Antilles; see Hall, 1981:274- 275. See also comment under Choloepidae.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Edentata, pp. 52-57 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352995

Files

Files (502 Bytes)

Name Size Download all
md5:7c850b34d103ae374e61c359c17a198b
502 Bytes Download

System files (4.7 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:4f95f89a1bd74666f339fe4096d71902
4.7 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ameghino
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Edentata
Family
Megalonychidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Megalonychidae Ameghino, 1889 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.