Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Parent taxon: Megalonychidae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also White and MacPhee 2001
Sister taxa: Amphihapalops, Amphiocnus, Analcimorphus, 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, Xibalbaonyx, Zacatzontli
Subtaxa: Acratocnini Acratocnus Choloepodini Choloepus Cubanocnini Neocnus Paulocnus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Cuba (4), the Dominican Republic (5), Panama (1), Peru (1), Puerto Rico (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Curaçao (1)
Total: 14 collections including 21 occurrences