Pelecyodon

Pelecyodon; Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Pelecyodon cristatus skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Xenarthra
Family:	†Megatheriidae
Subfamily:	†Schismotheriinae
Genus:	Pelecyodon; Ameghino, 1891
Species
	P. arcuatus; P. cristatus; P. maximus; P. petraeus; P. robustus;

Pelecyodon is an extinct genus of ground sloth from the late Oligocene of South America.^[1]

References

^ 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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