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Pelecyodon

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Pelecyodon
Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Miocene
Pelecyodon cristatus skull
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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

  1. ^ 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.