Pelecyodon

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Pelecyodon
Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian)
~17.5–16.3  Ma
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Pelecyodon cristatus.JPG
Skull of Pelecyodon cristatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Superfamily: Megatherioidea
Genus:† Pelecyodon
Ameghino 1891
Species
  • P. arcuatusAmeghino 1891
  • P. cristatusAmeghino 1894
  • P. maximusAmeghino 1891
  • P. petraeusAmeghino 1891
  • P. robustusAmeghino 1891

Pelecyodon is an extinct genus of ground sloths from the Early Miocene (Santacrucian) of South America.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in the Santa Cruz Formation in Argentina. [1] [2] Further remains have been unearthed in layers likely representing the Pinturas Formation. [3]

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.
  3. ↑ Brandoni, Diego; Ruiz, Laureano González; Tejedor, Marcelo F.; Martin, Gabriel; Fleagle, John G. (5 April 2016). "Megatherioidea (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Tardigrada) from the Pinturas Formation (Early Miocene), Santa Cruz Province (Argentina) and their chronological implications". PalZ . 90 (3): 619–628. doi:10.1007/s12542-016-0306-8. ISSN   0031-0220 . Retrieved 12 October 2025– via Springer Nature Link.


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