Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Parent taxon: Megalonychidae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Amphihapalops, Amphiocnus, Analcimorphus, Choloepodinae, Deseadognathus, Diheterocnus, Eleutherodon, Eucholoeops, Eugeronops, Geronops, Hapalops, Holomegalonyx, Hyperleptus, Mecorhinus, Megalocninae, Megalonychinae, Megalonychops, 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: Megalonychotherium atavus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Monte Tigre Level 8.1 (Miocene of Argentina)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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