Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Alternative combination: Megalonyx leptonyx
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1874. Notice of new Tertiary mammals. III. American Journal of Science, series 3 7(41):531-534
Belongs to Morotherium according to O. C. Marsh 1874
See also Gazin 1935, Hay 1902, Hirschfeld and Webb 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and McDonald and Naples 2007
Sister taxa: Megalonyx curvidens, Megalonyx cuvieri, Megalonyx gigas, Megalonyx gracilis, Megalonyx jeffersonii, Megalonyx leidyi, Megalonyx leptostomus, Megalonyx mathisi, Megalonyx obtusidens, Megalonyx validus, Megalonyx wheatleyi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Morotherium leptonyx in the database
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