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Apatemys hendryi

Mammalia - Apatemyidae

Taxonomy
Apatemys hendryi was named by Robinson (1966). Its type specimen is CM 15737, a tooth (left [lower] M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Badwater Locality 5A, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Wagon Bed ("Tepee Trail") Formation of Wyoming.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Apatemys hendryi Robinson p. 318
1984Apatemys hendryi Storer
1995Apatemys hendryi Storer

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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
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
suborderApatotheria(Scott and Jepsen 1936)
familyApatemyidae
genusApatemys
specieshendryiRobinson 1966

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 hendryi Robinson 1966
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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: Carroll 1988, Tanaka and Taruno 2019, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Duchesnean or 46.20000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Saskatchewan) Apatemys hendryi (16626)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Apatemys hendryi (type locality: 16514)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Apatemys hendryi (16845)