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Megalocninae

Mammalia - Megalonychidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Megalocninae White and MacPhee
2003Megalocninae MacPhee et al. p. 19
2019Megalocninae Varela et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
familyMegalonychidaeGervais 1855
subfamilyMegalocninae
subfamilyMegalocninae

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.

Subfm. †Megalocninae
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G. †Imagocnus MacPhee and Iturralde-Vinent 1994
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Imagocnus zazae MacPhee and Iturralde-Vincent 1994
G. †Megalocnus Leidy 1868
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Megalocnus rodens Matthew and Paula Couto 1959
Megalocnus zile MacPhee et al. 2000
G. †Parocnus Miller 1929
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Parocnus browni Matthew 1931
Parocnus serus Miller 1929
Invalid names: Megalocnini Kraglievich 1923 [empty], Mesocnini Varona 1974 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:30:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba (Sancti Spiritus) Imagocnus zazae (31183)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Megalocninae indet. (226046 226047)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Mesocnus browni (37703)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Cuba (Matanzas) Megalocnus rodens, Parocnus browni (152870)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Dominican Republic (Guerra) Parocnus sp. (198638)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cuba (Pinar del Río) Megalocnus sp. (78640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Dominican Republic (La Altagracia) Parocnus sp. (232040)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cuba (Artemisa) Mesocnus browni, Megalocnus rodens (195083)