Protolambda hatcheri Osborn 1898 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pediomyidae

Alternative combinations: Aletridelphys hatcheri, Pediomys hatcheri

Synonyms: Synconodon sexcuspis Osborn 1898, Synconodon sexicuspis Osborn 1898

Belongs to Protolambda according to G. P. Wilson et al. 2010

See also Archibald 1982, Clemens 1966, Clemens 1979, Davis 2007, Hay 1902, Hunter 1997, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lillegraven 1969, Lofgren 1995, Simpson 1927, Simpson 1929 and Storer 1991

Sister taxa: Protolambda clemensi, Protolambda florencae, Protolambda mcgilli

Type specimens:

  • Protolambda hatcheri: AMNH 2202, a maxilla (right maxilla with M3)
  • Synconodon sexicuspis:

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (34: Colorado, Montana, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 37 collections including 38 occurrences

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