Metacheiromys
Extinct genus of mammal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Metacheiromys ("next to Cheiromys") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct paraphyletic subfamily Metacheiromyinae within extinct paraphyletic family Metacheiromyidae in extinct order Palaeanodonta, that lived in North America (what is now Wyoming) from the early to middle Eocene.
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Skeleton of Metacheiromys marshi | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Palaeanodonta |
Family: | †Metacheiromyidae |
Subfamily: | †Metacheiromyinae |
Genus: | †Metacheiromys Wortman, 1903 |
Type species | |
†Metacheiromys marshi Wortman, 1903 | |
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