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Apatemyidae

Mammalia - Apatemyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Apatemyidae Matthew p. 543
1940Apatemyidae Simpson p. 203
1966Apatemyidae Johnson p. 80
1967Apatemyidae Van Valen
1986Apatemyidae Hooker p. 327
1988Apatemyidae Carroll
1988Apatemyidae Gunnell p. 139
1989Apatemyidae Gunnell p. 147
1990Apatemyidae Estravís
1997Apatemyidae McKenna and Bell p. 212
2009Apatemyidae von Koenigswald et al.
2010Apatemyidae Silcox et al.
2015Apatemyidae Czaplewski and Morgan
2022Apatemyidae Korth et al.

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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
familyApatemyidae

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.

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

Age range: base of the Ti1 to the top of the Chattian or 61.70000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (203 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (North Dakota) Unuchinia dysmathes (14962)
To263.8 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) Jepsenella praepropera (14894)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Jepsenella praepropera (14906)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) Jepsenella sp. (14956)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Jepsenella praepropera (14886 14898) Jepsenella praepropera, Unuchinia diaphanes (14912)
Ti161.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Jepsenella praepropera (14939)
Ti361.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Apatemyidae indet. (14992) Unuchinia sp. (14928)
Ti461.7 - 56.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Labidolemur soricoides, Unuchinia dysmathes (14978)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (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)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (North Dakota) Labidolemur soricoides (15000) Unuchinia dysmathes (14931)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Apatemyidae indet. (14954)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Colorado) Labidolemur soricoides (14967)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) Apatemys bellus (15048) Unuchinia asaphes (15064)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Unuchinia sp., Labidolemur soricoides (15024)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Labidolemur kayi (80579)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Apatemys sp. (15139 15148 15157 15207) Labidolemur kayi (15072 15085 15089 15119 68476)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Montana) Apatemys kayi (15079)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) Apatemys sp., Apatemys teilhardi (35531)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Île-de-France) Apatemys sigogneaui (68437)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (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 - 47.8India (Gujarat) Frugivastodon cristatus (55494)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Eochiromys sp., Apatemys prouti (38868)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain (Lleida) Heterohyus ilerdensis (142031)
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Apatemys sp. (15701)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Apatemys bellulus (16078) Apatemys sp. (15917 15930)
Lysitean - Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Apatemys sp. (15451)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Mississippi) Apatemys sp. (15719)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) Apatemys bellulus (15663) Apatemys sp. (15446)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (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)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Apatemys kayi (15450 15480 15485 15660 15725) Apatemys sp. (15865 15887) Labidolemur serus, Apatemys kayi (15845)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Var) Apatemys sp. (35538)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Corbieres) Apatemys sp. (92838)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Portugal (Região Centro) Apatemys sp., Heterohyus sp., Russellmys denisae (79200)
MP 10 - MP 1155.8 - 40.4France Apatemyidae indet. (183396)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Apatemys sp. (16240)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Nevada) Apatemys bellus (16218)
Bridgerian50.3 - 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)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Utah) Apatemys bellulus, Apatemys bellus, Apatemys rodens (16396)
MP 1448.6 - 40.4France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Heterohyus pygmaeus (184174)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Heterohyus heufelderi (13322)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Switzerland (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 (California) Apatemys downsi (16786) Apatemys uintensis (16573 16590)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Apatemyidae indet. (213066) Apatemys uintensis (16646)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) Heterohyus sp. (177581) Heterohyus sudrei (177582)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) A. gen. indet. 1, A. gen. indet. 2 (31736)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Heterohyus europeus, Heterohyus gracilis, Heterohyus fortis (31718 31719)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Heterohyus sp., Heterohyus nanus, Heterohyus sudrei, Heterohyus morinionensis (39014)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie Region) Apatemyidae indet. (12847)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Apatemys sp., Sinclairella sp., Apatemys hendryi (16845)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Heterohyus nanus (184230)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) Apatemyidae indet., Heterohyus nanus (31751)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) A. sp.2 (31757)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Heterohyus sp., Heterohyus nanus (12849) Heterohyus sudrei (12841)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Sinclairella dakotensis (17007)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Sinclairella sp. (16960 16961 16962)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Apatemys sp., Sinclairella sp. (16919)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Apatemys downsi, Sinclairella dakotensis (17014 186972) Sinclairella dakotensis (17033 186971)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (North Dakota) Sinclairella sp. (16991)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) Heterohyus nanus (12850)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Heterohyus nanus (41665) Heterohyus sp. (39662)
Chadronian - Orellan37.2 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) Sinclairella dakotensis (186970)
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan37.2 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) Apatemys sp., Sinclairella dakotensis (230806)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Colorado) Sinclairella dakotensis (17081)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) Sinclairella dakotensis (17337) Sinclairella sp. (17357)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Sinclairella dakotensis (228640)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Florida) Sinclairella simplicidens (17764)