Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Full reference: J. Lindahl. 1892. Description of a skull of Megalonyx leidyi, n. sp. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 17(1):1-10
Belongs to Megalonyx according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Lindahl 1892
Sister taxa: Megalonyx curvidens, Megalonyx cuvieri, Megalonyx dissimilis, Megalonyx gigas, Megalonyx gracilis, Megalonyx jeffersonii, Megalonyx leptostomus, Megalonyx loxodon, Megalonyx mathisi, Megalonyx obtusidens, Megalonyx scalper, Megalonyx sierrensis, Megalonyx tortulus, Megalonyx validus, Megalonyx wheatleyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hammann Gravel Pit, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial gravel in the McPherson Formation of Kansas
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Hammann Gravel Pit
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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