Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Synonym: Paracamelus arenicola Reed and Longnecker 1932 [nomen nudum]
Parent taxon: Camelidae according to J. G. Honey et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Aepycamelus, Aguascalientia, Alforjas, Aucheniina, Australocamelus, Blancocamelus, Camelina, Camelinae, Camelops, Cuyamacamelus, Eulamaops, Floridatragulus, Gentilicamelus, Gigantocamelus, Hesperocamelus, Megacamelus, Merycotheriina, Michenia, Miolabinae, Nothokemas, Oxydactylus, Palauchenia, Paracamelus, Paralabis, Paratylopus, Pliauchenia, Poebrodon, Priscocamelus, Procamelus, Protolabis, Stenomylinae, Tanymykter, Titanotylopus
Subtaxa: Megatylopus cochrani, Megatylopus gigas, Megatylopus matthewi, Megatylopus primaevus
Type: Megatylopus gigas
Ecology: ground dwelling browser