Apatemys chardini Jepsen 1930 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Apatemyidae

Alternative combination: Teilhardella chardini

Full reference: G. L. Jepsen. 1930. New Vertebrate Fossils from the Lower Eocene of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 69(1):117-131

Belongs to Apatemys according to T. M. Bown and D. Schankler 1982

See also Gingerich 1982, Jepsen 1930 and West 1973

Sister taxa: Apatemys bellulus, Apatemys bellus, Apatemys downsi, Apatemys hendryi, Apatemys mutiniacus, Apatemys prouti, Apatemys pygmaeus, Apatemys rodens, Apatemys sigogneauae, Apatemys sigogneaui, Apatemys teilhardi, Stehlinius uintensis

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Powder River 52-36 (Eocene of Wyoming)

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