Mammalia - Cimolesta - Apatemyidae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part II. American Journal of Science 4(21):202-224
Belongs to Apatemys according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hay 1902 and Marsh 1872
Sister taxa: Apatemys bellulus, Apatemys chardini, Apatemys downsi, Apatemys hendryi, Apatemys mutiniacus, Apatemys prouti, Apatemys pygmaeus, Apatemys rodens, Apatemys sigogneauae, Apatemys sigogneaui, Apatemys teilhardi, Stehlinius uintensis
Type specimen: YPM 13512, a mandible (fragment of left ramus of mandible with M2)
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (17: California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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