Pelecyodon
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| Pelecyodon cristatus skull | |
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Class: | Mammalia
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| Subfamily: | †
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| Genus: | Pelecyodon Ameghino 1891
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Pelecyodon is an extinct genus of ground sloths from the Early Miocene (Santacrucian) of South America. Fossils have been found in the 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. hdl:11336/79192.
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Categories:
- Prehistoric sloths
- Miocene xenarthrans
- Miocene mammals of South America
- Santacrucian
- Neogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Fossil taxa described in 1891
- Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
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