IRMNG - Megistonyx McDonald, Rincón & Gaudin, 2013 †

IRMNG taxon details

Megistonyx McDonald, Rincón & Gaudin, 2013 †

IRMNG_ID

1482532 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1482532)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Megalonychidae Gervais, 1855

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Article title: A new genus of megalonychid sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the late Pleistocene (Lujanian) of Sierra de Perija, Zulia State, Venezuela. [details]

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33: -. [1226-1238] [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Megistonyx McDonald, Rincón & Gaudin, 2013 †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1482532 on 2024-12-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-01-05 23:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree]

original description Article title: A new genus of megalonychid sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the late Pleistocene (Lujanian) of Sierra de Perija, Zulia State, Venezuela. [details]

original description Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33: -. [1226-1238] [details]

basis of record www.organismnames.com (Mar 2015) / web search [details]

current name source original publication [details]

extant flag source inferred from original work (title) [details]

habitat flag source inferred from original work (title)/web search (AJR) [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Animalia;Chordata;Vertebrata;Mammalia;Edentata;Megalonychidae [details]

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To ION (Index to Organism Names)