Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae
Parent taxon: Megatheria according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Brandoni 2013
Sister taxon: Megatheriidae
Subtaxa: Mcdonaldocnus Neohapalops Nothrotheriinae Thalassocninae
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (3 collections), Belize (1), Bolivia (1), Brazil (9), Mexico (5), United States (33: Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas), Uruguay (2)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (4: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Uruguay (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (4), Bolivia (1), Chile (2), Colombia (1), Peru (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (2), Chile (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (7), Bolivia (4), Brazil (1), Chile (3), Colombia (2), Peru (6)
Total: 99 collections including 101 occurrences