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Apatotheria

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Apatotheria was named by Scott and Jepsen (1936). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the suborder Apatotheria by McKenna (1975), McKenna and Bell (1997), Lopatin (2006).

It was assigned to Eutheria by Hooker (1986); to Eutheria by Carroll (1988); and to Cimolesta by McKenna (1975), McKenna and Bell (1997), Lopatin (2006).

Subtaxa
Apatemyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Apatotheria Scott and Jepsen
1975Apatotheria McKenna p. 42
1986Apatotheria Hooker p. 327
1988Apatotheria Carroll
1997Apatotheria McKenna and Bell p. 212
2006Apatotheria Lopatin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
suborderApatotheria(Scott and Jepsen 1936)
suborderApatotheria(Scott and Jepsen 1936)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subor. †Apatotheria Scott and Jepsen 1936
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Fm. †Apatemyidae Matthew 1909
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Subfm. †Apatemyinae Matthew 1909
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Invalid names: Heterohyins Gervais 1859 [synonym]
G. †Apatemys Marsh 1872
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†Apatemys bellulus Marsh 1872
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Invalid names: Apatemys hurzeleri Gazin 1962 [synonym], Teilhardella whitakeri Simpson 1954 [synonym]
†Apatemys bellus Marsh 1872
†Apatemys chardini Jepsen 1930
†Apatemys downsi Gazin 1958
†Apatemys hendryi Robinson 1966
†Apatemys mutiniacus Russell et al. 1979
†Apatemys prouti Hooker 2010
†Apatemys pygmaeus Beard and Dawson 2009
†Apatemys rodens Troxell 1923
†Apatemys sigogneauae Russell et al. 1979
†Apatemys sigogneaui Russell et al. 1979
†Apatemys teilhardi Russell et al. 1979
Invalid names: Stehlinius Matthew 1921 [synonym]
G. †Carcinella Von Koenigswald et al. 2009
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†Carcinella sigei von Koenigswald et al. 2009
G. †Eochiromys Teilhard de Chardin 1927
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†Eochiromys landenensis Teilhard de Chardin 1927
G. †Frugivastodon Bajpai et al. 2005
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†Frugivastodon cristatus Bajpai et al. 2005
G. †Heterohyus Gervais 1848
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Subg. †Heterohyus (Gervaisyus) Sudre et al. 1990
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†Heterohyus (Gervaisyus) pygmaeus Sudre et al. 1990
†Heterohyus armatus Gervais 1848
†Heterohyus ilerdensis López-Torres and Silcox 2018
†Heterohyus morinionensis Hooker 1986
†Heterohyus nanus Teihard de Chardin 1916
†Heterohyus pygmaeus Sudre et al. 1990
†Heterohyus quercyi Filhol 1890
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Invalid names: Heterochiromys gracilis Stehlin 1916 [synonym]
†Heterohyus sudrei Sigé 1975
Invalid names: Amphichiromys Stehlin 1916 [synonym], Heterochiromys Stehlin 1916 [synonym], Necrosorex Filhol 1890 [synonym]
G. †Jepsenella Simpson 1940
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†Jepsenella praepropera Simpson 1940
G. †Labidolemur Matthew and Granger 1921
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†Labidolemur kayi Simpson 1929
†Labidolemur major West 1972
†Labidolemur serus Gingerich 1982
†Labidolemur soricoides Matthew and Granger 1921
G. †Russellmys Estravís 1990
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†Russellmys denisae Estravís 1990
G. †Sinclairella Jepsen 1934
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†Sinclairella dakotensis Jepsen 1934
†Sinclairella simplicidens Czaplewski and Morgan 2015
G. †Stehlinella Matthew 1929
G. †Teilhardella Jepsen 1930
G. †Unuchinia Simpson 1937
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†Unuchinia asaphes Simpson 1936
†Unuchinia diaphanes Gunnell 1988
†Unuchinia dysmathes Holtzman 1978
Invalid names: Apator Simpson 1936 [replaced]
Invalid names: Russellmyinae Estravís 1990 [empty], Unuchiniinae Van Valen and McKenna 1967 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Chattian or 63.80000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (205 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) Unuchinia dysmathes (14962)
To263.8 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) Jepsenella praepropera (14894)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Jepsenella praepropera (14886 14898) Jepsenella praepropera, Unuchinia diaphanes (14912)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) Jepsenella sp. (14956)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Jepsenella praepropera (14906)
Ti160.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) Jepsenella praepropera (14939)
Ti360.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) Apatemyidae indet. (14992) Unuchinia sp. (14928)
Ti460.9 - 56.2Canada (Saskatchewan) Labidolemur soricoides, Unuchinia dysmathes (14978)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Apatemyidae indet. (26569) Apatemys kayi (15036) Labidolemur major (14989) Labidolemur soricoides (15017 190423 190490) Labidolemur soricoides, Unuchinia dysmathes (14936) Unuchinia dysmathes (190442) Unuchinia sp. (15049)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (North Dakota) Labidolemur soricoides (15000) Unuchinia dysmathes (14931)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Montana) Apatemys bellus (15048) Unuchinia asaphes (15064)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) Apatemyidae indet. (14954)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Colorado) Labidolemur soricoides (14967)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Unuchinia sp., Labidolemur soricoides (15024)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07USA (Wyoming) Labidolemur kayi (80579)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Apatemys sp. (15139 15148 15157 15207) Labidolemur kayi (15072 15085 15089 15119 68476 239208)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Montana) Apatemys kayi (15079)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07France (Var) Apatemys sp. (35538)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07France (Corbieres) Apatemys sp. (92838)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Portugal (Região Centro) Apatemys sp., Heterohyus sp., Russellmys denisae (79200)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) Apatotheria indet. (68174)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Île-de-France) Apatemys sigogneaui (68437)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Marne) Apatemys sigogneaui (35537) Apatemys sp., Heterohyus sp., Apatemys mutiniacus, Apatemys sigogneaui (35533) Heterohyus sp. (35539 35540) Heterohyus sp. I, Heterohyus sp. II, Heterohyus sp. III, Apatemys mutiniacus, Apatemys sigogneaui (35535)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Eochiromys sp., Apatemys prouti (38868)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium (Brabant) Apatemys sp., Apatemys teilhardi (35531)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Spain (Lleida) Heterohyus ilerdensis (142031)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Frugivastodon cristatus (55494)
MP 10 - MP 1156.0 - 41.03France Apatemyidae indet. (183396)
Graybullian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Apatemys sp. (15701)
Lostcabinian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Apatemys bellulus (16078) Apatemys sp. (15917 15930)
Lysitean - Lostcabinian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Apatemys sp. (15451)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Apatemys bellulus (15559) Apatemys bellulus, Apatemys rodens (15576) Apatemys bellus (46810) Apatemys chardini (16032) Apatemys hurzeleri (15662) Apatemys kayi (15516) Apatemys rodens (15552 15577) Apatemys sp. (15454 15455 15458 15491 15493 15573 15580 15673 15729 15756 27268 46729 46780 46795 46815 118482) Apatemys whitakeri (15910 15964 186936) Labidolemur kayi (15510 15518 15548 15554 15563 15586 15738 46657 46808) Labidolemur kayi, Apatemys kayi (15531) Labidolemur serus (15776 46778 46818) Labidolemur sp. (15592 46800)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Colorado) Apatemys kayi (15450 15480 15485 15660 15725) Apatemys sp. (15865 15887) Labidolemur serus, Apatemys kayi (15845)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (New Mexico) Apatemys bellulus (15663) Apatemys sp. (15446)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Mississippi) Apatemys sp. (15719)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Nevada) Apatemys bellus (16218)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Apatemys sp. (16240)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Apatemys bellulus (16100 16109 16111 16116 16203 16207 16219 16235 16273 16313 16315 16332 16345 16415 16499) Apatemys bellus (16216 16217 16227 16228 16236 16253 16254 16283 16284 16294 16399 16402 16418 16502 16647) Apatemys sp. (15837 16244 16296 16416)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Utah) Apatemys bellulus, Apatemys bellus, Apatemys rodens (16396)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Heterohyus heufelderi (13322)
MP 1448.07 - 41.03France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Heterohyus pygmaeus (184174)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Switzerland (Baselland) Heterohyus europeus (31723)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Apatemys bellus (16706 16716 16733 16746 16751 16752) Apatemys sp. (16764)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Apatemys bellulus, Apatemys rodens (93087) Apatemys rodens (186964 186966)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Saskatchewan) Apatemys hendryi (16626)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Apatemys sp. (16585)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Apatemys bellus (16515) Apatemys bellus, Apatemys hendryi (16514) Apatemys sp. (16630)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Apatemyidae indet. (213066) Apatemys uintensis (16646)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Apatemys downsi (16786) Apatemys uintensis (16573 16590)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Apatemyidae gen. indet. 1, Apatemyidae gen. indet. 2 (31736)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Heterohyus sp., Heterohyus nanus, Heterohyus sudrei, Heterohyus morinionensis (39014)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Picardie Region) Apatemyidae indet. (12847)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) Heterohyus sp. (177581) Heterohyus sudrei (177582)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland (Baselland) Heterohyus europeus, Heterohyus gracilis, Heterohyus fortis (31718 31719)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Apatemys sp., Sinclairella sp., Apatemys hendryi (16845)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Heterohyus nanus (41665) Heterohyus sp. (39662)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy) Heterohyus nanus (12850)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) Apatemyidae indet., Heterohyus nanus (31751)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Heterohyus sp., Heterohyus nanus (12849) Heterohyus sudrei (12841)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Heterohyus nanus (184230)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Apatemyidae sp.2 (31757)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Sinclairella dakotensis (17007)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Apatemys sp., Sinclairella sp. (16919)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (North Dakota) Sinclairella sp. (16991)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Apatemys downsi, Sinclairella dakotensis (17014 186972) Sinclairella dakotensis (17033 186971)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Sinclairella sp. (16960 16961 16962)
Chadronian - Orellan37.0 - 31.8USA (Nebraska) Sinclairella dakotensis (186970)
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan37.0 - 31.8USA (Nebraska) Apatemys sp., Sinclairella dakotensis (230806)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Colorado) Sinclairella dakotensis (17081)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (South Dakota) Sinclairella dakotensis (17337) Sinclairella sp. (17357)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Sinclairella dakotensis (228640)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Florida) Sinclairella simplicidens (17764)