†Morotherium leptonyx Marsh 1874 (edentate)
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Mammalia - Xenarthra - Mylodontidae
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. P. Hay 1930
See also Gazin 1935, Hay 1902, Hirschfeld and Webb 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Marsh 1874 and McDonald and Naples 2007
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Morotherium leptonyx in the database
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