†suborder Apatotheria Scott and Jepsen 1936 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta

Parent taxon: Cimolesta according to A. V. Lopatin 2006

See also Carroll 1988, Hooker 1986, McKenna 1975 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Cimolestidae, Didelphodonta, Ernanodonta, Palaeoryctida, Pantodonta, Pantolesta, Pentacodontidae, Sarcodontidae, Tillodontia, Todralestidae

Subtaxa: Apatemyidae

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Arikareean of United States (1: Oregon collection)

• Oligocene of United States (4: Colorado, Florida, South Dakota)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Nebraska)

• Eocene of Belgium (1), Canada (3: Saskatchewan), France (19), Germany (1), India (1), Portugal (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (3), the United Kingdom (5), United States (125: California, Colorado, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)

• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)

• Paleocene of Canada (6: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (31: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 206 collections including 243 occurrences

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