Biology:Pelecyodon
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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" (in en). PalZ 90 (3): 619–628. doi:10.1007/s12542-016-0306-8. ISSN 0031-0220. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-016-0306-8. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
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