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Apatemys rodens

Mammalia - Apatemyidae

Taxonomy
Apatemys rodens was named by Troxell (1923). Its type specimen is Y.P.M. No. 12973, a mandible (left ramus of mandible with the basal part of I, the posterior portion of M2, and M3), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Apatemys bellus by West (1973).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Apatemys rodens Troxell
1930Apatemys rodens Hay p. 445
1976Apatemys rodens Gazin
1982Apatemys rodens Bown and Schankler

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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()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
suborderApatotheria(Scott and Jepsen 1936)
familyApatemyidae
genusApatemys
speciesrodens

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.

†Apatemys rodens Troxell 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-09-22 09:57:14
Modified: 2005-09-22 11:57:14
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Tanaka and Taruno 2019, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Early/Lower Uintan or 55.80000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Apatemys rodens (15552 15576 15577)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Utah) Apatemys rodens (16396)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Apatemys rodens (93087 186964 186966)