Pelecyodon
Pelecyodon | |
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Pelecyodon cristatus skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Xenarthra |
Family: | †Megatheriidae |
Subfamily: | †Schismotheriinae |
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 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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