Biology:Pelecyodon

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

Short description: Extinct genus of ground sloths

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.

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Pelecyodon Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian) ~17.5–16.3 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Skull of Pelecyodon cristatus
Scientific 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