Megalonyx validus Leidy 1868 (edentate)

Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1868. Notice of Some Vertebrate Remains from Harden County, Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20:174-176

Belongs to Megalonyx according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1902 and Leidy 1868

Sister taxa: Megalonyx curvidens, Megalonyx cuvieri, Megalonyx dissimilis, Megalonyx gigas, Megalonyx gracilis, Megalonyx jeffersonii, Megalonyx leidyi, Megalonyx leptostomus, Megalonyx loxodon, Megalonyx mathisi, Megalonyx obtusidens, Megalonyx scalper, Megalonyx sierrensis, Megalonyx tortulus, Megalonyx wheatleyi

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Megalonyx validus in the database

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