Pelecyodon

Pelecyodon; Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian); ~17.5–16.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Skull of Pelecyodon cristatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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. Fossils have been found in the Santa Cruz Formation in Argentina.^[1]^[2]

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