Leptolambda churchilli Gingerich and Childress, Jr. 1983 (pantodont)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Barylambdidae

Alternative combination: Barylambda churchilli

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich and C. G. Childress, Jr. 1983. Barylambda churchilli, a New Species of Pantolambdidae (Mammalia, Pantodonta) from the Late Paleocene of Western North America. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 26(8):141-156

Belongs to Leptolambda according to R. Secord 2008

See also Gingerich and Childress 1983

Sister taxon: Leptolambda schmidti

Type specimen: Its type locality is Airport, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (7: Wyoming collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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