Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Synonym: Stenocephalus Mercerat 1891
Parent taxon: Megalonychidae according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1897, Carroll 1988, Gaudin 1995 and McDonald 1997
Sister taxa: Amphihapalops, Amphiocnus, Analcimorphus, Choloepodinae, Deseadognathus, Diheterocnus, Eleutherodon, Eucholoeops, Eugeronops, Geronops, Holomegalonyx, Hyperleptus, Mecorhinus, Megalocninae, Megalonychinae, Megalonychops, Megalonychotherium, Meizonyx, Mesocnus, Mesopotamocnus, Metopotherinae, Metopotherini, Microcnus, Miocnus, Nohochichak, Nothropus, Ocnopodinae, Ortotheriinae, Ortotherium, Paranabradys, Paraplanops, Pattersonocnus, Pliomorphus, Protomegalonyx, Pseudhapalops, Pseudortotherium, Torcellia, Trematherium, Urumacocnus, Xibalbaonyx, Zacatzontli
Subtaxa: Hapalops adteger Hapalops aguirrei Hapalops angustipalatus Hapalops antistis Hapalops atlanticus Hapalops australis Hapalops boulei Hapalops brachycephalus Hapalops brevipalatus Hapalops cilindricus Hapalops cognathus Hapalops congermanus Hapalops crassidens Hapalops crassignathus Hapalops crassissimus Hapalops crassissimus Hapalops curvus Hapalops depressipalatus Hapalops diverssidens Hapalops elongatus Hapalops forticulus Hapalops gracilidens Hapalops grandaevus Hapalops grandis Hapalops hyperleptus Hapalops indifferens Hapalops infernalis Hapalops latus Hapalops longiceps Hapalops longipalatus Hapalops minutus Hapalops platycephalus Hapalops ponderosus Hapalops primus Hapalops rectagulidens Hapalops robustus Hapalops rostratus Hapalops rutimeyeri Hapalops sectus Hapalops subcuadratus Hapalops testudinatus Hapalops vulpiceps
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (31 collections), Bolivia (1), Brazil (1), Chile (2), Colombia (13)
Total: 48 collections including 68 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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