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Megatheriidae

family of ground sloths (fossil)
Taxon Fossil Taxon Q784732
Megatheriidae
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Facts

8 properties
Instance of
fossil taxon
End time
-11000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
Parent taxon
Pilosa[3]
Start time
-23000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[7]
Taxon name
Megatheriidae[4]
Taxon rank
family[2]
Temporal range end
Holocene[6]
Temporal range start
Rupelian[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Megatheriidae ar بهضمية fa بزرگ‌ددان he מגתריים hu óriáslajhár-félék hu Megatheriidae ja メガテリウム科 ru мегатериевые zh 大地懶科 zh-hans 大地懒科
🔖 Identifiers · 18
BioLib taxon ID
416725
Encyclopedia of Life ID
4528687
Fossilworks taxon ID
43608
Freebase ID
/m/0642sz8
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
3239349
INaturalist taxon ID
317770
IRMNG ID
102427
Interlingual Index ID
i48577
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776176162
NCBI taxonomy ID
136417
Open Tree of Life ID
363391
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
43608
Show all 18 identifiers +6
Plazi ID
F749921E-9613-FFCF-D699-B8E6FBA0FAD7, 1847B40F-F06A-FFD7-FF0E-FED7FE110585
Topic's main category
Category:Megatheriidae
UBio ID
5962807
UMLS CUI
C1065961
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
02460987-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/70ad82a8-ee9b-4d54-8b55-cafbec9cf7a4

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 3
Eremotherium, Prepotherium, Promegatherium
Parent taxon 1
Pilosa
Taxon rank 1
family
Topic's main category 1
Category:Megatheriidae
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Megatheriidae
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Summary

Megatheriidae is a fossil taxon[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual Index ID → i48577
    WordNet 3.1 Synset ID → 02460987-n
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #47825: OENN batch"
  2. 22w ago · Paucabot · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Temporal range start → Rupelian
    Parent taxon → Pilosa
    Taxon rank → family
    Start time → 230000th century BC
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Temporal range end: Holocene"
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