Apatemyidae

Apatemyidae
Temporal range: Paleocene–Oligocene
Heterohyus nanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Superorder: Euarchontoglires (?)
Order: Apatotheria
Scott & Jepsen, 1936
Family: Apatemyidae
Matthew, 1909
Genera[2]

Apatemyidae is an extinct family of placental mammals that took part in the first placental evolutionary radiation together with other early mammals, such as the leptictids. Their relationships to other mammal groups are controversial; a 2010 study found them to be basal members of Euarchontoglires.[3]

Common in North America during the Paleocene, they are also represented in Europe by the genus Jepsenella.[4]

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