Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Megalonychidae
Genus: †Neocnus
Spoecies (5): †N. comes – †N. dousman – †N. gliriformis – †N. major – †N. toupiti
Name
- †Neocnus Arredondo, 1961: 29 [replacement name]
Type species: †Microcnus gliriformis Matthew, 1931, by original designation.
Synonyms
- †Microcnus Matthew, 1931: 4 [preoccupied by Microcnus Reichenow, 1877]
Type species: †Microcnus gliriformis Matthew, 1931, by monotypy.
- †Cubanocnus Kretzoi, 1968: 163 [replacement name for Microcnus Matthew, 1931]
Type species: †Microcnus gliriformis Matthew, 1931, by original designation.
References
Primary references
- Matthew, W.D. 1931. Genera and new species of ground sloths from the Pleistocene of Cuba. American Museum Novitates 511: 1–5. handle.
- Arredondo, O. 1961. Descripciones preliminares de dos nuevos géneros y especies de edentados del Pleistoceno cubano. Boletín del Grupo de Exploraciones Científicas 1(1): 19–40.
- Kretzoi, M. 1968. New generic names for homonyms. Vertebrata Hungarica 10(1–2): 163–165.
Additional references
- Thandar, A.S. & Viñola, L.W.V. 2017. The current status of Neocnus Arredondo, 1961 (Mammalia: Edentata: Pilosa: Megalonichidae) and a replacement name for its junior homonym in the sea cucumber family Cucumariidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Cucumariidae). Zootaxa 4337(2): 288–290. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.7 Reference page.