Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae

Full reference: H. G. McDonald, J. C. Chatters, and T. J. Gaudin. 2017. A new genus of megalonychid ground sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the late Pleistocene of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(3):e1307206:1-14

Parent taxon: Megalonychidae according to H. G. McDonald et al. 2017

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, Nothropus, Ocnopodinae, Ortotheriinae, Ortotherium, Paranabradys, Paraplanops, Pattersonocnus, Pliomorphus, Protomegalonyx, Pseudhapalops, Pseudortotherium, Torcellia, Trematherium, Urumacocnus, Xibalbaonyx, Zacatzontli

Subtaxa: Nohochichak xibalbahkah

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Type: Nohochichak xibalbahkah

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Hoyo Negro, Sac Actun cave system (Quaternary of Mexico)

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