†Megistonyx oreobios McDonald et al. 2013 (edentate)
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Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Full 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
Belongs to Megistonyx according to H. G. McDonald et al. 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MBLUZ-P-1668, a skull (almost complete skull)
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Megistonyx (Quaternary of Venezuela)
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