Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328
Parent taxon: Megatherioidea according to L. Varela et al. 2019
See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Carroll 1988 and Gaudin 1995
Sister taxa: Hiskatherium, Megalonychidae, Megatheria, Schismotherium, Similhapalops
Subtaxa: Pelecyodon arcuatus Pelecyodon bombifrons Pelecyodon cristatus Pelecyodon maximus Pelecyodon petraeus Pelecyodon robustus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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