†family Pastoralodontidae Chow and Qi 1978 (pantodont)
Mammalia - Cimolesta - Pastoralodontidae
Full reference: M. Chow and T. Qi. 1978. Paleocene Mammalian Fossils from Nomogen Formation of Inner Mongolia. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 16(2):77-85
Parent taxon: Pantolambdoidea according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
See also Carroll 1988, Chow and Qi 1978, de Muizon and Marshall 1992 and Wang et al. 1992
Sister taxa: Cyriacotheriidae, Pantolambdodontidae, Titanoideidae
Subtaxa: Altilambda Convallisodon Pastoralodon
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of China (10 collections)
Total: 10 collections including 12 occurrences