Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Synonyms: Essonodontherium Ameghino 1884, Neoracanthus Ameghino 1889, Oracanthus Ameghino 1885
Parent taxon: Megatheriinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Ameghino 1885, Ameghino 1889, Ameghino 1902, Amson et al. 2017, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Gaudin 1995, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Leidy 1860, Lydekker 1894, Oliver Schneider 1926, Pujos 2006, Pujos and Salas 2004, Rovereto 1914 and Zurita et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Anisodontherium, Diabolotherium, Eremotherium, Megathericulus, Megatheridium, Megatheriops, Plesiomegatherium, Pliomegatherium, Proeremotherium, Pyramiodontherium, Sibotherium, Urumaquia
Subtaxa: Megatherium altiplanicum Megatherium americanum Megatherium antiquum Megatherium bergi Megatherium celendinense Megatherium elenense Megatherium gallardoi Megatherium gaudryi Megatherium istilarti Megatherium lundi Megatherium medinae Megatherium mirabile Megatherium rectidens Megatherium sundti Megatherium tarijense Megatherium uquiense Megatherium urbinai Neoracanthus brackebuschianus Neoracanthus burmeisteri
Type: Megatherium americanum
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (31 collections), Bolivia (8), Brazil (7), Chile (3), Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Guatemala (1), Nicaragua (1), Paraguay (1), Peru (15), United States (5: Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Uruguay (2)
• Pliocene of Argentina (5), Bolivia (5)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (2)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Peru (1)
Total: 91 collections including 97 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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