Pelecyodon
| Pelecyodon Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Miocene | |
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| Pelecyodon cristatus skull | |
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| 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 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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