Megalonychidae Ameghino, 1889

Alfred L. Gardner, 1993, Order Xenarthra, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 63-68 : 63

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7353136
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7291604
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scientific name	Megalonychidae Ameghino, 1889
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Family Megalonychidae Ameghino, 1889 . Acta Acad. Nac. Cienc. Cordoba, Buenos Aires, 6:690.

COMMENTS: Includes Choloepus and approximately 12 genera of extinct sloths.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Xenarthra
Family	Megalonychidae

Megalonychidae Ameghino, 1889

Alfred L. Gardner 1993

1993

Megalonychidae

Ameghino 1889: 690

1889

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