Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1931. Genera and new species of ground sloths from the Pleistocene of Cuba. American Museum Novitates 511:1-5
Parent taxon: Megalonychidae according to W. D. Matthew 1931
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, Miocnus, Nohochichak, Nothropus, Ocnopodinae, Ortotheriinae, Ortotherium, Paranabradys, Paraplanops, Pattersonocnus, Pliomorphus, Protomegalonyx, Pseudhapalops, Pseudortotherium, Torcellia, Trematherium, Urumacocnus, Xibalbaonyx, Zacatzontli
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Microcnus in the database
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