Miocnus Explained

Miocnus is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Megalocnidae endemic to Cuba during the Pleistocene and very early Holocene epochs, living from 1.8 Mya—11,000 years ago, existing for approximately .^[1]

Taxonomy

Miocnus was named by Matthew (1931). Its type is Miocnus antillensis. It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Matthew (1931) based on morphological considerations,^[2] and subsequently moved to Megalocnidae by Presslee et al. (2019) based on molecular sequence data.

Fossil distribution

Sites and ages of specimen (complete list):

Casimba, Cuba ~1.8 Mya–11,000 years ago.

Notes and References

http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayCollectionDetails&collection_no=37704Paleobiology database: Casimba collection.
W. D. Matthew. 1931. Genera and new species of ground sloths from the Pleistocene of Cuba . American Museum Novitates 511:1–5