IRMNG - Nothrotheriidae Ameghino, 1920 †

IRMNG taxon details

Nothrotheriidae Ameghino, 1920 †

IRMNG_ID

113718 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:113718)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Pilosa

Direct children (12)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Treated as subfamily Nothrotheriinae in Megatheriidae in some sources

Taxonomic remark Treated as subfamily Nothrotheriinae in Megatheriidae in some sources [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2022). Nothrotheriidae Ameghino, 1920 †. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113718 on 2024-10-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2022-10-26 19:01:15Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (3)
Notes (2)

basis of record de Muizon et al., 2004 [details]

extant flag source de Muizon et al., 2004 [details]

habitat flag source de Muizon et al., 2004
note: one genus, Thalassocnus was aquatic (marine - walked on sea floor grazing on seagrasses etc.) [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Eutheria (Infraclass) > Xenarthra (Superorder) > Pilosa (Order) > Nothrotheriidae (Family) [details]

Taxonomic remark Treated as subfamily Nothrotheriinae in Megatheriidae in some sources [details]