Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Parent taxon: Megalonychinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Albright et al. 2019, Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Cisneros 2005, Cope 1889, Gaudin 1995, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McDonald and Naples 2007, Pujos et al. 2007 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Ahytherium, Australonyx, Ereptodon, Megistonyx, Pliometanastes, Sinclairia
Subtaxa: Megalonyx curvidens Megalonyx cuvieri Megalonyx dissimilis Megalonyx gigas Megalonyx gracilis Megalonyx jeffersonii Megalonyx leidyi Megalonyx leptostomus Megalonyx loxodon Megalonyx mathisi Megalonyx obtusidens Megalonyx scalper Megalonyx sierrensis Megalonyx tortulus Megalonyx validus Megalonyx wheatleyi
Type: Megatherium jeffersonii
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (4: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Yukon collections), El Salvador (1), Guatemala (2), Honduras (1), United States (89: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Blancan of El Salvador (1), Mexico (3), United States (36: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene of United States (2: California, Texas)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (7), United States (16: California, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas)
Total: 162 collections including 166 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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