Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328
Belongs to Hapalops according to F. Ameghino 1891
See also Ameghino 1894
Sister taxa: Hapalops adteger, Hapalops aguirrei, Hapalops angustipalatus, Hapalops antistis, Hapalops atlanticus, Hapalops australis, Hapalops boulei, Hapalops brachycephalus, Hapalops brevipalatus, Hapalops cilindricus, Hapalops cognathus, Hapalops congermanus, Hapalops crassidens, Hapalops crassignathus, Hapalops crassissimus, Hapalops crassissimus, Hapalops curvus, Hapalops depressipalatus, Hapalops diverssidens, Hapalops elongatus, Hapalops forticulus, Hapalops grandaevus, Hapalops grandis, Hapalops hyperleptus, Hapalops indifferens, Hapalops infernalis, Hapalops latus, Hapalops longiceps, Hapalops longipalatus, Hapalops minutus, Hapalops platycephalus, Hapalops ponderosus, Hapalops primus, Hapalops rectagulidens, Hapalops robustus, Hapalops rostratus, Hapalops rutimeyeri, Hapalops sectus, Hapalops subcuadratus, Hapalops testudinatus, Hapalops vulpiceps
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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