Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Parent taxon: Megalonychidae according to L. G. Marshall and T. Sempere 1991
See also Cope 1889 and Lydekker 1894
Sister taxa: Amphihapalops, Amphiocnus, Analcimorphus, Choloepodinae, Deseadognathus, Diheterocnus, Eleutherodon, Eucholoeops, Eugeronops, Geronops, Hapalops, Holomegalonyx, Hyperleptus, Mecorhinus, Megalocninae, Megalonychinae, Megalonychops, Megalonychotherium, Meizonyx, Mesocnus, Mesopotamocnus, Metopotherinae, Metopotherini, Microcnus, Miocnus, Nohochichak, Ocnopodinae, Ortotheriinae, Ortotherium, Paranabradys, Paraplanops, Pattersonocnus, Pliomorphus, Protomegalonyx, Pseudhapalops, Pseudortotherium, Torcellia, Trematherium, Urumacocnus, Xibalbaonyx, Zacatzontli
Subtaxa: Nothropus carcaranensis Nothropus nordenskioldi Nothropus priscus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Bolivia (1), Brazil (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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