Biology:Masillamys

Short description: Extinct genus of rodents

Masillamys Temporal range: Priabonian ~37–34 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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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
Species
M. beegeri M. cosensis M. mattaueri

Juvenile

Masillamys is an extinct genus of rodent. It was named in 1954 by Tobien based on fossils found in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation, France. It is considered to be a sister genus to the Hartenbergeromys, Lophiparamys, Mattimys, Microparamys, Pantrogna, Sparnacomys, and Strathcona genera.

Further reading

• 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

Wikidata ☰ Q12352384 entry