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Definition of Megatheriid
1. Noun. A large extinct ground sloth.
Generic synonyms: Edentate
Group relationships: Family Megatheriidae, Megatheriidae
Specialized synonyms: Ground Sloth, Megathere
Lexicographical Neighbors of Megatheriid
Literary usage of Megatheriid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1887)
"M. 3599. The two fourth lower milk-molars of one individual ; from the same locality.
Same history. Order EDENTATA. Family megatheriid^E (pt. vp 85). ..."
2. Annual Record of Science and Industry by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1875)
"RELATIONS OF THE megatheriid^E. On a previous page of the Record we gave an
abstract of a memoir by Dr. Burmeister on a group ..."
3. America and the West Indies: Geographically Described by George Long, George Richardson Porter, George Tucker, Wilhelm Wittich (1845)
"... but the alluvial soils contain in abundance the bones of extinct animals of
extraordinary size, now commonly known under the names of megatheriid. ..."
4. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1870)
"The early bibliographical history of this genus having been given under
megatheriid/E [EC vol. iii. col. 759], we resume the thread with the year 1846, ..."
5. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1882)
"On the" disposition of its peritoneal membranes ; E. Zürner, /. e. [«pro, p.
10] pp. 177-179. megatheriid*:. ..."
6. A Manual of Palæontology, for the Use of Students: For the Use of Students by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"... either four or five digits in the pes ; and the third digit of the manus is
the longest. FAMILY megatheriid^E.—The members of this family are entirely ..."
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