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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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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | P. cristatus (176581 176584 176585 176599) P. sp. (176571) P. sp., P. cristatus (206237) |