†Megathericulus Ameghino 1904 (edentate)
Mammalia - Tardigrada - Megatheriidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 43615
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142
Parent taxon: Megatheriinae according to G. De Iuliis et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Anisodontherium, Eremotherium, Megatheridium, Megatheriops, Megatherium, Pliomegatherium, Proeremotherium, Pyramiodontherium, Urumaquia
Subtaxa: Megathericulus patagonicus
Type: Megathericulus patagonicus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore