†Megalonyx loxodon Cope 1871 (edentate)
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Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Belongs to Megalonyx according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hay 1902, Hirschfeld and Webb 1968 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Megalonyx curvidens, Megalonyx cuvieri, Megalonyx dissimilis, Megalonyx gigas, Megalonyx gracilis, Megalonyx jeffersonii, Megalonyx leidyi, Megalonyx leptostomus, 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 loxodon in the database
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