Pelecyodon

Pelecyodon; Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian); ~17.5–16.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Skull of Pelecyodon cristatus
Scientific classification
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

^ Pelecyodon at Fossilworks.org
^ 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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