Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Alternative combination: Morotherium gigas
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1874. Notice of new Tertiary mammals. III. American Journal of Science, series 3 7(41):531-534
Belongs to Megalonyx according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hay 1902 and Hirschfeld and Webb 1968
Sister taxa: Megalonyx curvidens, Megalonyx cuvieri, Megalonyx dissimilis, Megalonyx gracilis, Megalonyx jeffersonii, Megalonyx leidyi, Megalonyx leptostomus, Megalonyx loxodon, Megalonyx mathisi, Megalonyx obtusidens, Megalonyx scalper, Megalonyx sierrensis, Megalonyx tortulus, Megalonyx validus, Megalonyx wheatleyi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Megalonyx gigas in the database
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