Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Alternative spellings: Encholoeops, Eucholaeops
Parent taxon: Megalonychidae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Carroll 1988, Gaudin 1995, Lydekker 1894 and Pujos et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Amphihapalops, Amphiocnus, Analcimorphus, Choloepodinae, Deseadognathus, Diheterocnus, Eleutherodon, 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: Eucholaeops titan Eucholoeops fronto Eucholoeops ingens Eucholoeops litoralis Eucholoeops titans
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (15 collections), Colombia (1)
Total: 16 collections including 22 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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