Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1885. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles Oligocenos recogidos por el Profesor Pedro Scalabrini y pertenecientes al Museo Provincial de la ciudad del Parana [New remains of Oligocene fossil mammals collected by Professor Pedro Scalabrini and belonging to the Provincial Museum of the city of Parana]. Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 8:1-205
Parent taxon: Megalonychidae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Ameghino 1885, Brandoni 2008, Brandoni 2011 and Cope 1889
Sister taxa: Amphihapalops, Amphiocnus, Analcimorphus, Choloepodinae, Deseadognathus, Diheterocnus, Eleutherodon, Eucholoeops, Eugeronops, Geronops, Hapalops, Holomegalonyx, Hyperleptus, Mecorhinus, Megalocninae, Megalonychinae, Megalonychops, Megalonychotherium, Meizonyx, Mesocnus, Mesopotamocnus, Metopotherinae, Metopotherini, Microcnus, Miocnus, Nohochichak, Nothropus, Ocnopodinae, Ortotheriinae, Ortotherium, Paranabradys, Paraplanops, Pattersonocnus, Protomegalonyx, Pseudhapalops, Pseudortotherium, Torcellia, Trematherium, Urumacocnus, Xibalbaonyx, Zacatzontli
Subtaxa: Pliomorphus mutilatus Pliomorphus robustus
Type: Pliomorphus mutilatus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Huayquerian of Argentina (2 collections)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), Uruguay (1)
Total: 4 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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