Carletonomys cailoi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: †Carletonomys
Species: †Carletonomys cailoi

Name

• †Carletonomys cailoi Pardiñas, 2008: 1271

Holotype: MLP 98-I-15-1, incomplete right maxillary with the M1 and the root of the zygomatic plate belonging to a full adult individual as judged by occlusal wear.

Type locality: “Unnamed sedimentary unit composed of light green silts that form a rocky shelf exposed, situated at 1.13 km SW of the mouth of the arroyo de Zavala and approximately 7.3 km NE Balneario San Cayetano, San Cayetano County, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, at geographic coordinates 38º44'21" S, 59º20"51" W.”

References

Primary references

• Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2008. A New Genus of Oryzomyine Rodent (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from the Pleistocene of Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy 88(5): 1270–1278. DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-099.1 Reference page.