Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328
Parent taxon: Metopotherini according to F. Ameghino 1894
See also Ameghino 1891
Sister taxa: Adiastemus, Uranokyrtus
Subtaxa: Metopotherium splendens
Type: Metopotherium splendens
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Metopotherium in the database
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