†Zacatzontli tecolotlanensis McDonald and Carranza-Castañeda 2017 (edentate)
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Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Full reference: H. G. McDonald and O. Carranza-Castañeda. 2017. Increased xenarthran diversity of the Great American Biotic Interchange: a new genus and species of ground sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Megalonychidae) from the Hemphillian (late Miocene) of Jalisco, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 91(5):1069-1082
Belongs to Zacatzontli according to H. G. McDonald and O. Carranza-Castañeda 2017
Sister taxon: Zacatzontli cotobrusensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of Mexico (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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