Archetypomys is an extinct genus of early Eocene rodent and the only member of the family Archetypomyidae.

A single species, Archetypomys erlianensis, has been described from Inner Mongolia.

Archetypomys was a very small rodent intermediate in morphology between the basal rodent family Alagomyidae and more advanced rodents.

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