†family Pantolambdidae Cope 1883 (pantodont)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Pantolambdidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1883. The ancestor of Coryphodon. American Naturalist 17(4):404-412

Parent taxon: Pantodonta according to S. Quan and Y. Wang 2024

See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1883, de Muizon and Marshall 1992, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gregory 1910, Hay 1902, Jaekel 1911, Patterson 1934 and Simons 1960

Sister taxa: Alcidedorbignyidae, Archaeolambdidae, Barylambdidae, Bemalambdidae, Coryphodontidae, Coryphodontoidea, Crustulus, Harpyodidae, Huananius, Pantolambdoidea, Plethorodontidae, Wangliidae

Subtaxa: Caenolambda Nanxiongilambda Pantolambda

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: Texas)

• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), United States (32: Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 36 collections including 39 occurrences

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