Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Full reference: S. E. Hirschfeld and S. D. Webb. 1968. Plio-Pleistocene Megalonychid Sloths of North America. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 12(5)
Belongs to Megalonyx according to H. G. McDonald and V. L. Naples 2007
See also Hirschfeld and Webb 1968
Sister taxa: Megalonyx curvidens, Megalonyx cuvieri, Megalonyx dissimilis, Megalonyx gigas, Megalonyx gracilis, Megalonyx jeffersonii, Megalonyx leidyi, Megalonyx leptostomus, Megalonyx loxodon, Megalonyx obtusidens, Megalonyx scalper, Megalonyx sierrensis, Megalonyx tortulus, Megalonyx validus, Megalonyx wheatleyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Black Rascal Creek, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Mehrten Formation of California
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Black Rascal Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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