†Metacheiromys Wortman 1903 (placental)
Osteichthyes - Ferae - Metacheiromyidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 43666
Full reference: J. L. Wortman. 1903. Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum. Part II. Primates. Suborder Cheiromyoidea. The American Journal of Science, series 4 16:345-368
Parent taxon: Metacheiromyidae according to K. D. Rose 1978
Sister taxa: Brachianodon, Mylanodon, Palaeanodon, Propalaeanodon
Subtaxa: Metacheiromys dasypus, Metacheiromys marshi
Type: Metacheiromys marshi
Ecology: scansorial insectivore