Pantodonta is an extinct suborder (or, according to some, an order) of eutherian mammals. These herbivorous mammals were one of the first groups of large mammals to evolve (around 66 million years ago) after the end of the Cretaceous. The last pantodonts died out at the end of the Eocene (around 34 million years ago).
Pantodonta include some of the largest mammals of their time, but were a diversified group, with some primitive members weighing less than 10 kg (22 lb) and the largest more than 500 kg (1,100 lb).[1]
The earliest and most primitive pantodonts, Bemalambda (with a 20 cm (7.9 in) skull probably the size of a dog) and Hypsilolambda, appear in the early Paleocene Shanghuan Formation in China. All more derived families are collectively classified as Eupantodonta. The pantodonts appear in North America in the middle Paleocene, where Coryphodon survived into the middle Eocene. Pantodont teeth have been found in South America (Alcidedorbignya) and Antarctica,[2] and footprints in a coal mine on Svalbard.[3]
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Pantodonta is an extinct suborder (or, according to some, an order) of eutherian mammals. These herbivorous mammals were one of the first groups of large...
and the animal's heavy build strongly suggest that it was herbivorous. "Pantodonta". After McKenna & Bell (1997) and Alroy (2002). Retrieved 2 November 2013...
"A new coryphodont from Mongolia, and on evolution and distribution of Pantodonta" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 1 (2): 73–81. Retrieved 20 July 2013....
inclusive of the family †Horolodectidae), †Tillodontia, †Apatotheria, †Pantodonta, Pholidota and †Palaeanodonta. Those additional taxa (all of which are...
Montana Pantolambda in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved July 2013. "Pantodonta". After McKenna & Bell (1997) and Alroy (2002). Retrieved 2 November 2013...
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family of pantodont mammals from North America. Lucas, Spencer J. (1998). "Pantodonta". In Christine M. Janis; Kathleen M. Scott; Louis L. Jacobs (eds.). Evolution...
been proposed to be possible members to Ferae, like members of orders Pantodonta and Taeniodonta, and families Didelphodontidae, Nyctitheriidae, Oxyclaenidae...
and probably had traits and attributes more similar to diprotodontids. "Pantodonta". After McKenna & Bell (1997) and Alroy (2002). Retrieved 2 November 2013...
monkeys have a dentition formula of 2.1.3.32.1.3.3 or 2.1.3.22.1.3.2. Pantodonta 3.1.4.33.1.4.3 Extinct suborder of early eutherians. Pig (deciduous) 3...
newly evolving large herbivores such as the Taeniodonta, Tillodonta, Pantodonta, Polydolopimorphia, and the Dinocerata. Large carnivores include the wolf-like...
393–433. OCLC 713096841. Retrieved 14 July 2013. Lucas, Spencer G. (1998). "Pantodonta". In Janis, Christine Marie; Scott, Kathleen Marie; Jacobs, Louis L. (eds...
Muizon and L. G. Marshall. 1992. Alcidedorbignya inopinata (Mammalia: Pantodonta) from the Early Paleocene of Bolivia: Phylogenetic and Paleobiogeographic...
D.; Gingerich, Philip D. (1995). "Evolution of Coryphodon (Mammalia, Pantodonta) in the Late Paleocene and Early Eocene of Northwestern Wyoming" (PDF)...
†Stylinodontidae Suborder †Tillodonta Family †Tillotheriidae Suborder †Pantodonta Family †Wangliidae Superfamily †Bemalambdoidea Family †Harpyodidae Family...
D.; Gingerich, Philip D. (1995). "Evolution of Coryphodon (Mammalia, Pantodonta) in the Late Paleocene and Early Eocene of Northwestern Wyoming" (PDF)...
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