Masillamys

Masillamys
Temporal range: Eocene
Masillamys at the Senckenberg collection
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Ischyromyidae
Genus: Masillamys
Tobien, 1954
Species

M. beegeri
M. mattaueri

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.

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