Filikomys

Filikomys
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Multituberculata
Superfamily: Ptilodontoidea
Genus: Filikomys
Weaver, 2020
Species
  • F. primaevus Lambe, 1902
  • F. minor? Eaton, 2002
Synonyms

Filikomys is an extinct genus of mammal from the Campanian of North America. A multituberculate, it demonstrates complex social behaviours were present in these early mammals. The type species is F. primaevus; a second, smaller species, F. minor, has been tentatively assigned to the genus.