Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae

Full reference: A. D. Rincón, A. Solórzano, H. G. McDonald and M. Montellano-Ballesteros. 2019. Two new megalonychid sloths (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from the Urumaco Formation (late Miocene), and their phylogenetic affinities. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17(5):409-421

Parent taxon: Megalonychidae according to A. D. Rincón et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Amphihapalops, Amphiocnus, Analcimorphus, Choloepodinae, Deseadognathus, Diheterocnus, Eleutherodon, Eucholoeops, Eugeronops, Geronops, Hapalops, Holomegalonyx, Hyperleptus, Mecorhinus, Megalocninae, Megalonychinae, Megalonychops, Megalonychotherium, Meizonyx, Mesocnus, Mesopotamocnus, Metopotherinae, Metopotherini, Microcnus, Miocnus, Nohochichak, Nothropus, Ocnopodinae, Ortotheriinae, Ortotherium, Paranabradys, Paraplanops, Pattersonocnus, Pliomorphus, Protomegalonyx, Pseudhapalops, Pseudortotherium, Torcellia, Trematherium, Xibalbaonyx, Zacatzontli

Subtaxa: Urumacocnus urbanii

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Type: Urumacocnus urbanii

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Taparito (Miocene of Venezuela)

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