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Mesocnus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5428979	https://www.gbif.org/species/5428979
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	99569	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=99569

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megalonychidae : Mesocnus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Megalonychidae : Mesocnus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Americatheria	Shockey 2017
-	Xenarthra
infraorder	Pilosa	Flower 1883
family	Megalonychidae	Gervais 1855
genus	Mesocnus	Matthew 1931

Scientific Name

Mesocnus Matthew, 1931

Name Published In

Amer. Mus. Novit., No. 511,

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mesocnus	genus	belongs to Megalonychidae	stated with evidence	Matthew, 1931

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

2.59 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Last Recorded Appearance

0.13 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

folivore (based on Megalonychidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

W. D. Matthew. 1931. Genera and new species of ground sloths from the Pleistocene of Cuba. American Museum Novitates 511:1-5

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Mesocnus browni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Mesocnus torrei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1931	Mesocnus Matthew p. 2

References

Matthew W. D. (1931) Genera and new species of ground sloths from the Pleistocene of Cuba, American Museum Novitates 511, 1-5

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

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Amer. Mus. Novit., No. 511, - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 29 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

By interpretation of Matthew, 1919 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Matthew, 1919 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (supplementary record created) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Palaeo DB (June 2011) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per validly published name - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 26 - 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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