Carletonomys cailoi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Template: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.