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Meizonyx ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4834220https://www.gbif.org/species/4834220
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)43604https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43604
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megalonychidae : Meizonyx
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Megalonychidae : Meizonyx
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-AmericatheriaShockey 2017
-Xenarthra
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
familyMegalonychidaeGervais 1855
genusMeizonyxWebb & Perrigo 1985
Scientific NameMeizonyx Webb & Perrigo, 1985
Name Published InIn Montgomery [Ed.] The evolution and ecology of armadillos, sloths and vermilinguas. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington & London
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Meizonyxgenusbelongs to Megalonychidaestated without evidenceWebb and Perrigo, 1985
Meizonyxgenusbelongs to MegalonychidaeimpliedMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance1.80 - 0.30 Ma
Pleistocene
Last Recorded Appearance1.80 - 0.30 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietfolivore (based on Megalonychidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. D. Webb and S. C. Perrigo. 1985. New megalonychid sloths from El Salvador. In G. G. Montgomery (ed.), The evolution and ecology of armadillos, sloths, and vermilinguas

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Meizonyx salvadorensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		11.80 Ma
Pleistocene		1.80 Ma
Pleistocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1985Meizonyx Webb and Perrigo
1997Meizonyx McKenna and Bell

References

Webb S. D., Perrigo S. C. (1985) New megalonychid sloths from El Salvador, The evolution and ecology of armadillos, sloths, and vermilinguas, 113-120
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
In Montgomery [Ed.] The evolution and ecology of armadillos, sloths and vermilinguas. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington & London - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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