Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Parent taxon: Megalonychidae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also MacPhee et al. 2003 and White and MacPhee 2001
Sister taxa: Amphihapalops, Amphiocnus, Analcimorphus, Choloepodinae, Deseadognathus, Diheterocnus, Eleutherodon, Eucholoeops, Eugeronops, Geronops, Hapalops, Holomegalonyx, Hyperleptus, Mecorhinus, Megalonychinae, Megalonychops, Megalonychotherium, Meizonyx, Mesocnus, Mesopotamocnus, Metopotherinae, Metopotherini, Microcnus, Miocnus, Nohochichak, Nothropus, Ocnopodinae, Ortotheriinae, Ortotherium, Paranabradys, Paraplanops, Pattersonocnus, Pliomorphus, Protomegalonyx, Pseudhapalops, Pseudortotherium, Torcellia, Trematherium, Urumacocnus, Xibalbaonyx, Zacatzontli
Subtaxa: Imagocnus Megalocnini Megalocnus Mesocnini Parocnus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cuba (4 collections), the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Cuba (1)
Total: 9 collections including 11 occurrences