Masillamys

Masillamys Temporal range: Priabonian 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
Family:	† Ischyromyidae
Subfamily:	† Microparamyinae
Genus:	† Masillamys Tobien, 1954
Species [1]
Masillamys beegeri Masillamys cosensis Masillamys 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.

References

1. Vianey-Liaud, Monique; Marivaux, Laurent; Lehmann, Thomas (1 December 2019). "A Reevaluation of the Taxonomic Status of the Rodent Masillamys Tobien, 1954 from Messel (Germany, Late Early to Early Middle Eocene, 48–47 M.Y.)". Fossil Imprint. 75 (3–4): 454–483. doi:10.2478/if-2019-0028.

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. "Les rongeurs de l'Eocène inférieur et moyen d'Europe Occidentale. Systématique, phylogénie, biochronologie et paléobiogéographie des niveaux-repères MP 7 a MP 14". Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
• R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution 1-698
• M. R. Dawson. 2001. Early Eocene rodents (Mammalia) from the Eureka Sound Group of Ellesmere Island, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38(7):1107-1116