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Megalonychidae

fossil family of mammals
Taxon Fossil Taxon Q3259942

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
fossil taxon
Code of nomenclature
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[7]
End time
-11000-00-00T00:00:00Z[6]
Parent taxon
sloth[3]
Start time
-35000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[5]
Taxon name
Megalonychidae[4]
Taxon rank
family[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Megalonychid en Megalonychids en Megalonychidae ar عظيمات المخالب el Μεγαλονυχίδες el Μεγαλονυχίδαι fa بزرگ‌پنجگان fi kaksivarvaslaiskiaiset he עצלני דו-אצבע hu kétujjú lajhárfélék nl Megalonychide nl Megalonychiden ru Megalonychidae ru Двупалоленивцевые sv Tvåtåiga sengångare uk Megalonychidae uk Двопальцелінивцеві zh 巨爪地懒科 zh-hans 二趾树懒科
🔖 Identifiers · 26
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Choloepus didactylus 2 - Buffalo Zoo.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Megalonychidae
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300310448
BOLD Systems taxon ID
26074
Catalogue of Life ID
CH5
EPPO Code
1MGLNF
Encyclopedia of Life ID
1662
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/two-toed-sloth
Fossilworks taxon ID
43596
Freebase ID
/m/05b6ncw
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
6160
Great Encyclopedia of Cyril and Methodius entry ID
Двупалые ленивцы
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INaturalist taxon ID
47098
IRMNG ID
104456
ITIS TSN
624871
Interlingual Index ID
i48573
J9U entity ID
987007553918605171
MSW ID
11800016
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778328304
NCBI taxonomy ID
227508
Open Tree of Life ID
1025073
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
43596
Plazi ID
802B8794-FFC9-FFE9-FF15-F983FD98566C
Topic's main category
Category:Megalonychidae
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
02460217-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/50259afc-a6fd-4fe1-b9b1-c211316485b8

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 5
Choloepus, Hapalops, Ahytherium, Megatherioidea, Pliometanastes
Code of nomenclature 1
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Parent taxon 1
sloth
Taxon rank 1
family
Topic's main category 1
Category:Megalonychidae
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Megalonychidae
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Summary

Megalonychidae is a fossil taxon[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual Index ID → i48573
    WordNet 3.1 Synset ID → 02460217-n
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #47825: OENN batch"
  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    End time → -11000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Parent taxon → sloth
    Image → Choloepus didactylus 2 - Buffalo Zoo.jpg, Megalonyx wheatleyi skeleton & restoration.jpg
    Topic's main category → Category:Megalonychidae
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007553918605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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