Neocnus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Folivora

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Xenarthra Ordo: Pilosa Subordo: Folivora

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.