Mammalia - Cimolesta - Apatemyidae
Synonym: Apator Simpson 1936 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Apatemyidae according to G. F. Gunnell 1989
See also Alroy 2002, Gunnell 1988, McKenna 1963, McKenna and Bell 1997, Simpson 1936 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Apatemyinae, Apatemys, Carcinella, Eochiromys, Frugivastodon, Heterohyus, Jepsenella, Labidolemur, Russellmyinae, Russellmys, Sinclairella, Stehlinella, Teilhardella, Unuchiniinae
Subtaxa: Unuchinia asaphes Unuchinia diaphanes Unuchinia dysmathes
Type: Apator asaphes
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (8: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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