Mammalia - Cimolesta - Apatemyidae
Synonym: Stehlinius Matthew 1921
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Preliminary description of new Tertiary mammals. Part II. American Journal of Science 4(21):202-224
Parent taxon: Apatemyidae according to M. T. Silcox et al. 2010
See also Alroy 2002, Gazin 1958, Gunnell 1989, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hooker 1986, Korth et al. 2022, Matthew 1917, Matthew 1929, McKenna 1963, McKenna and Bell 1997, Russell et al. 1979, Simpson 1940 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Apatemyinae, Carcinella, Eochiromys, Frugivastodon, Heterohyus, Jepsenella, Labidolemur, Russellmyinae, Russellmys, Sinclairella, Stehlinella, Teilhardella, Unuchinia, Unuchiniinae
Subtaxa: Apatemys bellulus 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: Apatemys bellus
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), Canada (3: Saskatchewan), France (6), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (85: California, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 98 collections including 108 occurrences
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