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Janumys

Janumys
Temporal range: middle Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Order: Multituberculata
Family: Affinities unclear
Genus: Janumys
Eaton and Cifelli, 2001
Species

J. erebos Eaton and Cifelli, 2001 (type)


J. erebos Eaton and Cifelli, 2001 (type)

Janumys is a genus of extinct mammal of the middle Cretaceous. It was a member of the order of Multituberculata (also extinct). It lived in North America during the Mesozoic era, also known as the "age of the reptiles." It has been provisionally placed within the informal suborder "Plagiaulacida".

The type species, Janumys erebos, was found in the Albian-Cenomanian, Lower-Upper Cretaceous boundary of the Cedar Mountain Formation in Utah (United States).


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