Mammalia - Cimolesta - Apatemyidae
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1940. Studies on the earliest primates. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77(4):185-212
Parent taxon: Apatemyidae according to M. T. Silcox et al. 2010
See also Gunnell 1989, Hooker 1986, McKenna and Bell 1997, Simpson 1940 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Apatemyinae, Apatemys, Carcinella, Eochiromys, Frugivastodon, Heterohyus, Labidolemur, Russellmyinae, Russellmys, Sinclairella, Stehlinella, Teilhardella, Unuchinia, Unuchiniinae
Subtaxa: Jepsenella praepropera
Type: Jepsenella praepropera
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (5: Montana, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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