Mammalia - Cimolesta - Apatemyidae
Synonyms: Apatemys hurzeleri Gazin 1962, Apatemys whitakeri Simpson 1954, Teilhardella whitakeri Simpson 1954
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 Bown 1982, Bown and Schankler 1982, Gazin 1962, Gazin 1976, Marsh 1872, Simpson 1954 and West 1973
Sister taxa: Apatemys bellus, Apatemys chardini, Apatemys downsi, Apatemys hendryi, Apatemys mutiniacus, Apatemys prouti, Apatemys pygmaeus, Apatemys rodens, Apatemys sigogneauae, Apatemys sigogneaui, Apatemys teilhardi, Stehlinius uintensis
Type specimens:
- Apatemys bellulus: YPM 13513, a mandible (portion of right ramus of mandible with M1-M3). Its type locality is Henry's Fork Hill (Bridger C), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
- Apatemys hurzeleri: U.S.N.M. No. 22386, a mandible (right ramus of mandible with I, M2, and the talonid portion of M1). Its type locality is La Barge, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial mudstone in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.
- Teilhardella whitakeri:
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (25: New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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