Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae

Parent taxon: Megatheriinae according to D. Brandoni et al. 2018

See also Pujos 2006

Sister taxa: Anisodontherium, Diabolotherium, Eremotherium, Megathericulus, Megatheridium, Megatherium, Plesiomegatherium, Pliomegatherium, Proeremotherium, Pyramiodontherium, Sibotherium, Urumaquia

Subtaxa: Megatheriops rectidens

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Huacracanto, Yauri (Pliocene of Peru)

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