Named By: | Patterson in 1937 |
Time Period: | Middle Paleocene - Early Eocene, 60-50 Ma |
Location: | Central USA, possibly Baja California |
Size: | Around 2.5 meters long |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Several individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Pantodonta | Barylambdidae | |
Also known as: | | Titanoides faberi | |
Barylambda is an extinct genus of pantodont mammal from the middle to late Paleocene, well known from several finds in North America. Three species of Barylambda are currently recognised. The creature likely lived a life similar of that of a modern tapir, browsing on foliage and soft vegetation. Barylambda seems to have been quite successful for an early pantodont, though eventually it seems to have been replaced in its ecosystem by other pantodonts, such as Coryphodon.