''Pelecyodon'' is an extinct
genus of ground sloths from the
Early Miocene (
Santacrucian
The Santacrucian age is a period of geologic time (17.5 – 16.3 Ma) within the Early Miocene epoch of the Neogene, used more specifically with SALMA classification in South America. It follows the Colhuehuapian and precedes the Friasian age.
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) of
South America. Fossils have been found in the
Santa Cruz Formation in
Argentina.
[''Pelecyodon'']
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References
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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