Teilhardimys

Teilhardimys; Temporal range: Palaeocene–Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Macroscelidea
Family:	†Louisinidae
Genus:	†Teilhardimys; Kretzoi and Kretzoi, 2000
Type species
	Teilhardimys musculus; Kretzoi and Kretzoi, 2000
Other species
	Teilhardimys reisi Antunes et al., 1987; Teilhardimys brisswalteri Hooker and Russell, 2012;

Teilhardimys is an extinct genus of louisinid mammal that lived in Europe during the Palaeocene and Eocene epochs.

Distribution

Teilhardimys reisi is only known from the Silveirinha clay pit, an Ypresian deposit in Portugal. The type species, Teilhardimys musculus, is known from the Palaeocene of France and Spain and the Eocene of France, Belgium, and the United Kingdom. Teilhardimys brisswalteri is known only from the Thanetian deposits of Cernay and Berru in France.

Palaeobiology

Locomotion

Teilhardimys was a terrestrial mammal capable of fast running and jumping, as evidenced by aspects of its tarsal morphology such as the deeply grooved trochlea of its astragalus.

References

↑ "Teilhardimys". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 October 2026.
↑ "Teilhardimys reisi". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 October 2026.
↑ "Teilhardimys musculus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 October 2026.
↑ Hooker, Jerry J.; Russell, Donald E. (April 2012). "Early Palaeogene Louisinidae (Macroscelidea, Mammalia), their relationships and north European diversity: RELATIONSHIPS OF PALAEOGENE LOUISINIDAE". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 164 (4): 856–936. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00787.x. Retrieved 19 October 2026 – via Oxford Academic.
↑ Tabuce, Rodolphe; Telles Antunes, Miguel; Smith, Richard J.H.; Smith, Thierry (February 2006). "Dental and tarsal morphology of the European Paleocene/Eocene "condylarth" mammal Microhyus". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 51 (1). Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Instytut Paleobiologii: 37–52. Retrieved 20 October 2026 – via HAL open science.

[1] "Teilhardimys". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 October 2026.

[2] "Teilhardimys reisi". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 October 2026.

[3] "Teilhardimys musculus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 October 2026.

[4] Hooker, Jerry J.; Russell, Donald E. (April 2012). "Early Palaeogene Louisinidae (Macroscelidea, Mammalia), their relationships and north European diversity: RELATIONSHIPS OF PALAEOGENE LOUISINIDAE". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 164 (4): 856–936. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00787.x. Retrieved 19 October 2026 – via Oxford Academic.

[5] Tabuce, Rodolphe; Telles Antunes, Miguel; Smith, Richard J.H.; Smith, Thierry (February 2006). "Dental and tarsal morphology of the European Paleocene/Eocene "condylarth" mammal Microhyus". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 51 (1). Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Instytut Paleobiologii: 37–52. Retrieved 20 October 2026 – via HAL open science.