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Pelecyodon
Taxonomy
Pelecyodon was named by Ameghino (1891).
It was assigned to Metopotherini by Ameghino (1894); to Megalonychidae by Ameghino (1891) and Carroll (1988); to Tardigrada by Gaudin (1995); and to Megatherioidea by Varela et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Metopotherini by Ameghino (1894); to Megalonychidae by Ameghino (1891) and Carroll (1988); to Tardigrada by Gaudin (1995); and to Megatherioidea by Varela et al. (2019).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1891 | Pelecyodon Ameghino p. 37 |
| 1894 | Pelecyodon Ameghino p. 158 |
| 1988 | Pelecyodon Carroll |
| 1995 | Pelecyodon Gaudin |
| 2019 | Pelecyodon Varela et al. |
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G. †Pelecyodon Ameghino 1891
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†Pelecyodon arcuatus Ameghino 1891
†Pelecyodon bombifrons Ameghino 1894
†Pelecyodon cristatus Ameghino 1891
†Pelecyodon maximus Ameghino 1891
†Pelecyodon petraeus Ameghino 1891
†Pelecyodon robustus Ameghino 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available