Proscelidodon

Proscelidodon is an extinct genus of ground sloths in the family Scelidotheriidae. It lived during the Miocene and Pliocene of what is now Argentina and Bolivia. The genus was described in 1935.

Proscelidodon
Skull of Proscelidodon in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: Scelidotheriidae
Genus: Proscelidodon
Bordas, 1935
Type species
Proscelidodon patrius
Ameghino, 1883
Other species
  • P. gracillimus Rovereto, 1914
  • P. rothi Kraglievich, 1923
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