Pelecyodon

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Pelecyodon
Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian)
~17.5–16.3 Ma
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Skull of Pelecyodon cristatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

Pelecyodon is an extinct genus of ground sloths from the Early Miocene (Santacrucian) of South America.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in the Santa Cruz Formation in Argentina.[1][2] Further remains have been unearthed in layers likely representing the Pinturas Formation.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Pelecyodon at Fossilworks.org
  2. ↑ 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. S2CID 254693828.
  3. ↑ Brandoni, Diego; Ruiz, Laureano González; Tejedor, Marcelo F.; Martin, Gabriel; Fleagle, John G. (5 April 2016). "Megatherioidea (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Tardigrada) from the Pinturas Formation (Early Miocene), Santa Cruz Province (Argentina) and their chronological implications". PalZ. 90 (3): 619–628. doi:10.1007/s12542-016-0306-8. ISSN 0031-0220. Retrieved 12 October 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.