Megatheriinae

Megatheriinae
Megatherium americanum skeleton, Natural History Museum, London
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: Megatheriidae
Subfamily: Megatheriinae
Gill, 1872
Genera

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]

  1. ^ Rincón, Ascanio D.; Valerio, Ana L.; Laurito, César A.; Rincón, Ascanio D.; Valerio, Ana L.; Laurito, César A. (June 2020). "First fossil record of a Megatheriidae-Megatheriinae in the Early Hemphillian (Late Miocene) from San Gerardo de Limoncito, Curré Formation, Costa Rica". Revista Geológica de América Central (62): 1–24. doi:10.15517/rgac.v62i0.41278 (inactive 2024-09-19). ISSN 0256-7024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of September 2024 (link)
  2. ^ Luliis, Gerardo De (1996). A systematic review of the Megatheriinae (Mammalia: Xenarthra Megatheriidae) (Thesis).
  3. ^ Varela, Luciano; Tambusso, P Sebastián; McDonald, H Gregory; Fariña, Richard A (2018-09-15). "Phylogeny, Macroevolutionary Trends and Historical Biogeography of Sloths: Insights From a Bayesian Morphological Clock Analysis". Systematic Biology. 68 (2): 204–218. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syy058. ISSN 1063-5157. PMID 30239971.