Megatheriinae
Extinct subfamily of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Megatheriinae is a subfamily of the Megatheriidae, an extinct family of ground sloths that lived from the Middle Miocene to the Early Holocene.[2][3]
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Megatheriinae Temporal range: Early Miocene to Early Holocene (Hemphillian-Rancholabrean (NALMA) & Santacrucian-Lujanian) (SALMA)17.5–0.010 Ma | |
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Megatherium americanum skeleton, Natural History Museum, London | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Pilosa |
Family: | †Megatheriidae |
Subfamily: | †Megatheriinae Gill, 1872 |
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