Megalonyx Harlan 1825 (edentate)

Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae

Synonym: Morotherium Marsh 1874

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, Hirschfeld and Webb 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McDonald and Naples 2007, Pujos et al. 2007 and Thurmond and Jones 1981

Sister taxa: Ahytherium, Australonyx, Megistonyx, Pliometanastes

Subtaxa: Megalonyx curvidens Megalonyx cuvieri Megalonyx gigas Megalonyx gracilis Megalonyx jeffersonii Megalonyx leidyi Megalonyx leptostomus Megalonyx mathisi Megalonyx obtusidens Megalonyx validus Megalonyx wheatleyi Morotherium leptonyx

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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

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