Scelidodon

Scelidodon
Temporal range: Pleistocene, 0.781–0.009 Ma
brown skeleton of a quadruped
Scelidodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: Mylodontidae
Genus: Scelidodon

Scelidodon is an extinct South American ground sloth. Its remains have been dated to as recently as 9000 B.P.[1]

Scelidodon tarjiarensis front

References

  1. Turvey, Sam (2009). Holocene extinctions. Oxford University Press. pp. 20–33, 42–50, 352. ISBN 0-19-953509-4.
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