Janumys

Taxobox
name = "Janumys"
fossil_range = middle Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Multituberculata
familia = Affinities unclear
genus = "Janumys"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "J. erebos"

"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 dinosaurs." It has been previsionally placed within the informal suborder "Plagiaulacida". The genus was named by Eaton and Cifelli in 2001.

The primary species, "Janumys erebos", also named by Eaton and Cifelli, was found in the Albian-Cenomanian, Lower-Upper Cretaceous boundary of the Cedar Mountain Formation in Utah (USA).

References

* Eaton and Cifelli (2001), "Multituberculate mammals from near the Early-Late Cretaceous boundary, Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (4), p.453-518.
* Most of this information has been derived from [http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/plagiau.htm] MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Basal Multituberculata, an Internet directory.