Megistonyx (Pleistocene of Venezuela)

Where: Zulia, Venezuela (10.5° N, 72.9° W: paleocoordinates 10.4° N, 72.9° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified, medium-grained, coarse, sandy conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Ascanio D. Rincón

Collection methods: salvage, mechanical,

Primary reference: H. G. McDonald, A. D. Rincon, and T. J. Gaudin. 2013. A New Genus of Megalonychid Sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Late Pleistocene (Lujanian) of Sierra De Perija, Zulia State, Venezuela. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(5):1226-1238 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 199778: authorized by Ascanio Rincon, entered by Ascanio Rincon on 14.02.2019

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megistonyx oreobios McDonald et al. 2013 edentate