Mammalia - Cimolesta - Apatemyidae
Alternative combination: Apatemys kayi
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1929. A collection of Paleocene mammals from Bear Creek, Montana. Annals of Carnegie Museum 19(6):115-122
Belongs to Labidolemur according to M. T. Silcox et al. 2010
See also Bown and Schankler 1982, Gingerich and Rose 1982, Gunnell 1989, Krishtalka et al. 1975, McKenna 1960, McKenna 1961, McKenna 1963, Simpson 1929 and West 1973
Sister taxa: Labidolemur major, Labidolemur serus, Labidolemur soricoides
Type specimen: CM 11703, a mandible (part of left lower jaw with P4-M3). Its type locality is Bear Creek, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (18: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (7: Montana, Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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