Pelecyodon
Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian)
~17.5–16.3 Ma
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Skull of Pelecyodon cristatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Superfamily: Megatherioidea
Genus: †Pelecyodon
Ameghino 1891
Species
  • P. arcuatus Ameghino 1891
  • P. cristatus Ameghino 1894
  • P. maximus Ameghino 1891
  • P. petraeus Ameghino 1891
  • P. robustus Ameghino 1891

Pelecyodon is an extinct genus of ground sloths from the Early Miocene (Santacrucian) of South America. Fossils have been found in the Santa Cruz Formation in Argentina.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Pelecyodon at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Toledo, N.; Bargo, M. S.; Cassini, G. H.; Vizcaíno, S. F. (2012). "The Forelimb of Early Miocene Sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Folivora): Morphometrics and Functional Implications for Substrate Preferences". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 19 (3): 185. doi:10.1007/s10914-012-9185-2. hdl:11336/79192. S2CID 254693828.


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