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547 / Cenozoic
Barylambda
Barylambda faberi
A bear-sized heavy body and five-toed feet belonged to a pantodont herbivore.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 62–56 million years ago
- Final stage
- Late Paleocene
- Geographic range
- Humid forest and river valley · North America
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Barylambda?
Barylambda (Barylambda faberi) was an extinct organism known from About 62–56 million years ago, with a range in Humid forest and river valley · North America.
Life and ecology
It moved slowly through forest and browsed leaves and shoots.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Barylambda disappear?
Latest Paleocene climate change and the diversification of herbivores are possible context; a specific cause is not established.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Barylambda?
Skulls, teeth and skeletons constrain mass and gait; fur and behavior remain inferred.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS