Megistonyx McDonald et al. 2013 (edentate)

Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae

Full reference: H. G. McDonald, A. D. Rincon, and T. J. Gaudin. 2013. A New Genus of Megalonychid Sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Late Pleistocene (Lujanian) of Sierra De Perija, Zulia State, Venezuela. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(5):1226-1238

Parent taxon: Megalonychinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019

See also McDonald et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Ahytherium, Australonyx, Ereptodon, Megalonyx, Pliometanastes, Sinclairia

Subtaxa: Megistonyx oreobios

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Type: Megistonyx oreobios

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Megistonyx (Quaternary of Venezuela)

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