Megaoryzomys

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Superordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Incertae sedis
Genus: †Megaoryzomys
Species: †M. curioi

Type species: †Megalomys curioi Niethammer, 1964, by original designation.

Lenglet, G. & Coppois, G. 1979. Description du crane et de quelques ossements d'un genre nouveau eteint de Cricetidae (Mammalia-Rodentia) geant des Galapagos: Megaoryzomys (gen. nov.). Bulletin de la Classe des Sciences Academie Royale de Belgique 5E Serie 65(11): 632–648.

Steadman, D.W. & Ray, C.E. 1982. The relationships of Megaoryzomys curioi, an extinct Cricetine rodent (Muroidea: Muridae) from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 51: iii + 1–23. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810266.51.1

Megaoryzomys in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

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