Definition of Family mylodontidae

1. Noun. Extinct South American edentates.

Exact synonyms: Mylodontidae
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Edentata, Order Edentata
Member holonyms: Mylodontid, Genus Mylodon, Mapinguari

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Mylodontidae

family Mullidae
family Muraenidae
family Muridae
family Musaceae
family Muscicapidae
family Muscidae
family Musophagidae
family Mustelidae
family Mutillidae
family Myacidae
family Mycetophylidae
family Mycobacteriaceae
family Mycoplasmataceae
family Myctophidae
family Myliobatidae
family Mylodontidae
family Myricaceae
family Myristicaceae
family Myrmecophagidae
family Myrmeleontidae
family Myrsinaceae
family Myrtaceae
family Mysidae
family Mytilidae
family Myxinidae
family Myxobacteriaceae
family Myxophyceae
family Naiadaceae
family Najadaceae
family Naticidae

Literary usage of Family mylodontidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"Twenty-seven skulls, representing the family Mylodontidae, are now in the collection of the department of paleontology. Of those, nineteen are well ..."

2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"One of the typical forms of this group is Mylodon, which, together with its immediate allies, is often placed in a separate family, Mylodontidae. ..."

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