Megalonyx scalper Cope 1899 (edentate)

Mammalia - Xenarthra - Megalonychidae

Belongs to Megalonyx according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1902 and Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Megalonyx curvidens, Megalonyx cuvieri, Megalonyx dissimilis, Megalonyx gigas, Megalonyx gracilis, Megalonyx jeffersonii, Megalonyx leidyi, Megalonyx leptostomus, Megalonyx loxodon, Megalonyx mathisi, Megalonyx obtusidens, Megalonyx sierrensis, Megalonyx tortulus, Megalonyx validus, Megalonyx wheatleyi

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Megalonyx scalper in the database

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