Caenolambda jepseni Simons 1960 (pantodont)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Pantolambdidae

Synonym: Barylambda jackwilsoni Schiebout 1974

Full reference: E. L. Simons. 1960. The Paleocene Pantodonta. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 50(6):1-81

Belongs to Caenolambda according to E. L. Simons 1960

See also Gingerich and Childress 1983, Lucas 1998, Miller 1986 and Schiebout 1974

Sister taxon: Caenolambda pattersoni

Type specimens:

  • Caenolambda jepseni: PU 14863, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Caenolambda jepseni Site, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.
  • Barylambda jackwilsoni:

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: Texas)

• Paleocene of United States (3: Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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