Hapalops cilindricus Ameghino 1891 (edentate)

Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae

Alternative combination: Planops cylindricus

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 cognathus, Hapalops congermanus, Hapalops crassidens, Hapalops crassignathus, Hapalops crassissimus, Hapalops crassissimus, Hapalops curvus, Hapalops depressipalatus, Hapalops diverssidens, Hapalops elongatus, Hapalops forticulus, Hapalops gracilidens, 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: there are no occurrences of Hapalops cilindricus in the database

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