Masillamys is an extinct genus of rodent. It was named in 1954 by Tobien based on fossils found in the Messel Pit, Germany. It is considered to be a sister genus to the Hartenbergeromys, Lophiparamys, Mattimys, Microparamys, Pantrogna, Sparnacomys, and Strathcona genera.
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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 (2âÂÂ4): 89âÂÂ351.
- R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution 1âÂÂ698
- 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