†family Apatemyidae Matthew 1909 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Apatemyidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1909. The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567

Parent taxon: Apatotheria according to N. J. Czaplewski and G. S. Morgan 2015

See also Carroll 1988, EstravĂ­s 1990, Gunnell 1988, Gunnell 1989, Hooker 1986, Johnson 1966, Korth et al. 2022, Matthew 1917, McKenna and Bell 1997, Silcox et al. 2010, Simpson 1940, Van Valen 1967 and von Koenigswald et al. 2009

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Apatemyinae Apatemys Carcinella Eochiromys Frugivastodon Heterohyus Jepsenella Labidolemur Russellmyinae Russellmys Sinclairella Stehlinella Teilhardella Unuchinia Unuchiniinae

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Ecology: arboreal herbivore

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 (18), 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: 205 collections including 242 occurrences

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