Metacheiromys
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.
| Metacheiromys Temporal range: early to middle Eocene | |
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| Skeleton of Metacheiromys marshi | |
| Reconstruction of Metacheiromys marshi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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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