Name - Megatherium Cuvier 1796

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:4512647 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Megatherium

• Megatherium Cuv.

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Recent Publications

• Notes on a finding of Megatherium sp (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Megatheriidae) in the lower course of the Salado River (Region of Antofagasta, Chile).
• New Pleistocene remains of Megatherium filholi MORENO, 1888 (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Pampean Region: Implications for the diversity of Megatheriinae of the Quaternary of South America.

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Sherborn Index Animalium

• Mag. encyclop., I(3) 1796: 310. [Index Animalium Entry]

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