Mammal
Pantolambda
The enamel ridges on its teeth were crescent-shaped.
Pantolambda belongs to the mammalian expansion that followed the disappearance of non-avian dinosaurs.
Three stages. One companion.
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AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Pantolambda at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Paleogene
- Group
- Pantodonta
- Pantodonts
- Fossil locations
- New Mexico
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Pantolambda
It was among the mammals that took on larger-bodied roles after the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs. It belonged to the early expansion of plant-eating pantodonts.
The enamel ridges on its teeth were shaped like crescents. Plant-eating pantodonts took on new ecological roles and expanded the range of mammal body sizes; details of their teeth help tell that story.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
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- Pantodonta
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- Mammals with debated relationships
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