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Megatheriidae

family of ground sloths (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q784732
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Megatheriidae

Summary

Megatheriidae is a fossil taxon[1]. Megatheriidae ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Megatheriidae's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[3].
  • Megatheriidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Megatheriidae belongs to the parent taxon Pilosa[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Megatheriidae is Megatheriidae[6].
  • Megatheriidae's Commons category is recorded as Megatheriidae[7].
  • Megatheriidae began on -23000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Megatheriidae ended on -11000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Megatheriidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Megatheriidae[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Megatheriidae is Megatheriidae[6]. Megatheriidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Megatheriidae belongs to the parent taxon Pilosa[5].

Identifiers

Megatheriidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 317770[11]. Megatheriidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 136417[12]. Megatheriidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4528687[13]. Megatheriidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3239349[14].

Why It Matters

Megatheriidae ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).[2] Megatheriidae has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Paucabot · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Temporal range start → Q508633
    Parent taxon → Pilosa
    Start time → —
    End time → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P524]]: [[Q25445]]"
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