Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Full reference: S. R. Stinnesbeck, E. Frey, J. Avíles Olguín, W. Stinnesbeck, P. Zell, H. Mallison, A. González González, E. Aceves Núñez, A. Velázquez Morlet, A. Terrazas Mata, M. Benavente Sanvicente, F. Hering, and C. Rojas Sandoval. 2017. Xibalbaonyx oviceps, a new megalonychid ground sloth (Folivora, Xenarthra) from the Late Pleistocene of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, and its paleobiogeographic significance. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 91:245-271
Parent taxon: Megalonychidae according to S. R. Stinnesbeck et al. 2017
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, Urumacocnus, Zacatzontli
Subtaxa: Xibalbaonyx exinferis Xibalbaonyx microcaninus Xibalbaonyx oviceps
Type: Xibalbaonyx oviceps
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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