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
- ^ 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. hdl:11336/79192. S2CID 254693828.
- ^ 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. hdl:11336/38535. ISSN 0031-0220. Retrieved 12 October 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.
