Masillamys
| Masillamys Temporal range: Eocene | |
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| Masillamys at the Senckenberg collection | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Suborder: | Sciurognathi |
| Family: | Ischyromyidae |
| Genus: | Masillamys Tobien, 1954 |
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M. beegeri | |
Juvenile
Masillamys is an extinct genus of rodent. It was named in 1954 by Tobien. It is considered 'sister genera' to the Hartenbergeromys, Lophiparamys, Mattimys, Microparamys, Pantrogna, Sparnacomys, and Strathcona genera.
References
- ESCARGUEL G. 1999. Les rongeurs de l'Eocène inférieur et moyen d'Europe Occidentale. Systématique, phylogénie, biochronologie et paléobiogéographie des niveaux-repères MP 7 a MP 14 = The rodents of the early and middle Eocene from Western Europe. Palaeovertebrata 28 (2-4): 89-351. abstract
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