Megalonychidae
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: †Megalonychidae
Genera (24):
†Australonyx –
†Diabolotherium –
†Diodomus –
†Eucholoeops –
†Habanocnus –
†Megalonychops –
†Megalonychotherium –
†Megalonyx –
†Meizonyx –
†Menilaus –
†Miocnus –
†Neomesocnus –
†Ortotherium –
†Paranabradys –
†Paulocnus –
†Pliometanastes –
†Pliomorphus –
†Proschisomotherium –
†Protomegalonyx –
†Pseudortotherium –
†Schismotherium –
†Sinclairia –
†Torcellia –
†Valgipes
Name
[edit]Megalonychidae Ameghino, 1889
Synonyms
[edit]- Mégalonycidés P. Gervais, 1855:44 [non Latin, but see ICZN Art. 11.7.2.]
- Megalonycidae Ameghino, 1889:690 [first latinized]
- Megalonychidae Zittel, 1892:133 [current combination]
- Megalonichinae Trouessart, 1898:1098 [lapsus calami]
- Megalonychoidea Simpson, 1931:272
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Ameghino, F. 1889. Contribucion al conocimiento de los mamiferos fosiles de la República Argentina. Actas de la Academia nacional de ciencias de la República Argentina en Cordoba 6: 1–1027, 98 plates. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.121288 Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. (eds.). 1997. Classification of mammals: above the species level. Columbia University Press: New York. xii + 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Google Books Reference page.
- Gardner, A.L. 2005. Order Pilosa. Pp. 100–103 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]- 日本語: メガロニクス科