†Hapaloides Ameghino 1902 (edentate)
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Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Première contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique des couches à Colpodon [First contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Colopdon Beds]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:71-141
Parent taxon: Metopotherinae according to F. Ameghino 1902
See also Carroll 1988
Sister taxon: Proschismotherium
Subtaxa: Hapaloides ignavus Hapaloides laeviusculus Hapaloides ponderosus
Type: Hapaloides ignavus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí (Miocene of Argentina)
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