Mammalia - Xenarthra - 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
Belongs to Xibalbaonyx according to S. R. Stinnesbeck et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Xibalbaonyx exinferis, Xibalbaonyx microcaninus
Type specimen: Za2014, a skull. Its type locality is El Zapote cenote, which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene terrestrial horizon in Mexico.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at El Zapote cenote
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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