Morotherium leptonyx Marsh 1874 (edentate)

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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