Apatemys

Apatemys
Temporal range: Paleogene
Apatemys chardini
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Apatotheria
Family: †Apatemyidae
Genus: †Apatemys
Marsh, 1872
Species
  • Apatemys bellulus (Marsh, 1872)
  • 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)
  • Apatemys uintensis (Matthew, 1921)

Apatemys is a member of the family Apatemyidae, an extinct group of small and insectivorous placental mammals that lived in the Paleogene of North America, India, and Europe. While the number of genera and species is less agreed upon, it has been determined that two apatemyid genera, Apatemys and Sinclairella, existed sequentially during the Eocene in North America. The genus Apatemys, living as far back as 50.3 million years ago (mya), existed through part of the Wasatchian and persisted through the Duchesnean, and Sinclairella followed, existing from the Duchesnean through the Arikareean. Examinations of specimens belonging to the genus Apatemys suggest adaptations characteristic of arboreal mammals.

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