Masillamys Knowpia

Masillamys; Temporal range: Priabonian; ~37–34 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	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;

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.

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Masillamys Temporal range: Priabonian ~37–34 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

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