Pantholambda ( Latin Pantolambda ) is an extinct mammalian genus from the order of pantodonts who lived during the Middle Paleocene in North America.
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In size it was comparable to a sheep , it looked like felines , but it was herbivorous, and its claws resembled hoofs . Had five fingers on each limb. The teeth had a selenium structure, that is, las crestas de esmalte tenían forma de media luna. He had a massive physique and could not climb trees.
Known species:
- Pantolambda bathmodon - New Mexico
- Pantolambda cavirictum - New Mexico
- Pantolambda intermedium - Montana
Literature
- The Amblypoda, The American Naturalist, Vol. 18, No. 11, November 1884
- Halstead, LB, The Evolution of the Mammals, Peter Lowe, 1978.