Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Synonym: Tapinotherium Mercerat 1891
Parent taxon: Megalonychidae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Ameghino 1894 and Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Amphihapalops, Amphiocnus, Analcimorphus, Choloepodinae, Deseadognathus, Diheterocnus, Eleutherodon, Eucholoeops, Eugeronops, Geronops, Hapalops, Holomegalonyx, Mecorhinus, Megalocninae, Megalonychinae, Megalonychops, Megalonychotherium, Meizonyx, Mesocnus, Mesopotamocnus, Metopotherinae, Metopotherini, Microcnus, Miocnus, Nohochichak, Nothropus, Ocnopodinae, Ortotheriinae, Ortotherium, Paranabradys, Paraplanops, Pattersonocnus, Pliomorphus, Protomegalonyx, Pseudhapalops, Pseudortotherium, Torcellia, Trematherium, Urumacocnus, Xibalbaonyx, Zacatzontli
Subtaxa: Hyperleptus garzonianus Hyperleptus schissognathus Hyperleptus sectus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (3 collections), Colombia (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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