Megalonyx (Greek, `large claw`) is an extinct genus of giant ground sloths of the family Megalonychidae endemic to North America from the Hemphillian of the Late Miocene through to the Rancholabrean of the Pleistocene, living from ~10.3 Mya—11,000 years ago, existing for approximately {Mya|10.3-0.011|million years}. Type species, M. jeffersoni.....
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• (n.) An extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to the sloth.
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Meg`a·lon'yx noun [ New Latin , from Greek
me`gas ,
mega`lh , great +
'o`nyx claw.]
(Paleon.) An extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to the sloth.
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