Apatemys teilhardi Russell et al. 1979 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Apatemyidae

Full reference: D. E. Russell, M. Godinot, P. Louis and D. E. Savage. 1979. Apatotheria (Mammalia) de l'Eocène inférieur de France et de Belgique. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, section C: Science de la Terre 1(3):203-243

Belongs to Apatemys according to D. E. Russell et al. 1979

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

Type specimen: LTM 1322. Its type locality is Dormaal, which is in a Ypresian fluvial sandstone in the Tienen Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Dormaal

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