Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Alternative combinations: Megalonyx jeffersoni, Megatherium jeffersonii
Synonyms: Megalonyx brachycephalus Sellards 1941, Megalonyx californicus Stock 1913, Megalonyx hogani Stovall 1940, Megalonyx laqueatus Harlan 1831, Megalonyx milleri Lyon 1938
Belongs to Megalonyx according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Forster and Spamer 1986, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1873, Lundelius 1972, McDonald and Naples 2007, Olson 1940, Pujos et al. 2007, Sellards 1941, Slaughter 1966, Stovall and McAnulty 1950 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Megalonyx curvidens, Megalonyx cuvieri, Megalonyx dissimilis, Megalonyx gigas, Megalonyx gracilis, Megalonyx leidyi, Megalonyx leptostomus, Megalonyx loxodon, Megalonyx mathisi, Megalonyx obtusidens, Megalonyx scalper, Megalonyx sierrensis, Megalonyx tortulus, Megalonyx validus, Megalonyx wheatleyi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Yukon collections), United States (42: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia)
Total: 44 collections each including a single occurrence
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