Masillamys
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| Masillamys Temporal range: | |
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| Masillamys at the Senckenberg collection | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | †Ischyromyidae |
| Subfamily: | †Microparamyinae |
| Genus: | †Masillamys Tobien, 1954 |
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Masillamys is an extinct genus of rodent. It was named in 1954 by Tobien based on fossils found in the Messel Pit, Germany.[1] It is considered to be a sister genus to the Hartenbergeromys, Lophiparamys, Mattimys, Microparamys, Pantrogna, Sparnacomys, and Strathcona genera.
