Protolambda mcgilli Kelly 2014 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pediomyidae

Full reference: T. S. Kelly. 2014. Preliminary report on the mammals form Lane's Little Jaw Site Quarry: a latest Cretaceous (earliest Puercan?) local fauna, Hell Creek Formation, southeastern Montana. Paludicola 10(1):50-91

Belongs to Protolambda according to T. S. Kelly 2014

Sister taxa: Protolambda clemensi, Protolambda florencae, Protolambda hatcheri

Type specimen: LACM 157292, a mandible (right dentary with m2-m3). Its type locality is Lane's Little Jaw Site, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone/claystone in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Lane's Little Jaw Site

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