Megalonyx

genus of sloths

Taxon fossil_taxon Q134380

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Instance of: fossil taxon
Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[7]
End time: -11000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[6]
Parent taxon: Megalonychinae^[3]
Start time: -10300000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[5]
Taxon name: Megalonyx^[4]
Taxon rank: genus^[2]

🏷️ Also known as

en Megalonyx el Μεγαλόνυξ es Megalonix fa بزرگ‌پنجه hu földi lajhár hu Megalonyx ja メガロニクス ru Megalonyx ru Мегалоникс ru Мегалониксы uk Мегалонікс zh 巨爪地懒 zh 巨爪地懶屬 zh-hans 巨爪地懒属 zh-hant 巨爪地懶

🔖 Identifiers · 15

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Megalonyx wheatleyi - AMNH - DSC06327.JPG ↗
Encyclopedia of Life ID: 4471284
Fandom article ID: prehistoric-wiki:Megalonyx
Fossilworks taxon ID: 43603
Freebase ID: /m/04czdg3
GBIF taxon ID: 3239973
INaturalist taxon ID: 317754
IRMNG ID: 1431734
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2775913061
NCBI taxonomy ID: 2546667
Paleobiology Database taxon ID: 43603
Plazi ID: 478F4789-DCAC-67AE-1192-F21126BB209B

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Taxonomicon ID: 60532
UMLS CUI: C5285044
ZooBank ID for name or act: 1B0628C8-0806-4469-8D0F-8C7E1D4ED65C

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Summary

Megalonyx is a fossil taxon^[1].

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Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Megalonyx is an instance of fossil taxon (Q23038290) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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