Ereptodon Leidy 1853 (edentate)

Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1853. [Dr. Leidy called the attention of the members to several fossil teeth]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6:241

Parent taxon: Megalonychinae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Ahytherium, Australonyx, Megalonyx, Megistonyx, Pliometanastes, Sinclairia

Subtaxa: Ereptodon priscus

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Type: Ereptodon priscus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ereptodon in the database

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