Mammalia - Xenarthra - Megalonychidae
Alternative spellings: Encholoeops, Eucholaeops
Parent taxon: Megalonychidae according to G. De Iuliis et al. 2024
See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Carroll 1988, Gaudin 1995, Lydekker 1894, Pujos et al. 2007 and Varela et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Amphihapalops, Amphiocnus, Analcimorphus, Choloepodinae, Deseadognathus, Diheterocnus, Eleutherodon, Eugeronops, Geronops, Hapalops, Holomegalonyx, Hyperleptus, Mecorhinus, Megalocninae, Megalonychinae, Megalonychops, Megalonychotherium, Meizonyx, Mesocnus, Mesopotamocnus, Metopotherinae, Metopotherini, Miocnus, Nohochichak, Nothropus, Ocnopodinae, Ortotheriinae, Ortotherium, Paranabradys, Paraplanops, Pattersonocnus, Pliomorphus, Protomegalonyx, Pseudhapalops, Pseudortotherium, Torcellia, Trematherium, Urumacocnus, Xibalbaonyx, Zacatzontli
Subtaxa: Eucholaeops titan Eucholoeops ingens Eucholoeops latifrons 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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