A New Genus of Oryzomyine Rodent (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from the Pleistocene of Argentina

Based on a right maxillary with 1st molar recovered in Pleistocene (Ensenadan) deposits from south-central Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, a new genus and species of Oryzomyini (Rodentia, Cricetidae) is named and described. The new taxon is one of the largest known extinct or extant sigmodontines,...

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Published in:	Journal of mammalogy Vol. 89; no. 5; pp. 1270 - 1278
Main Author:	PARDINAS, Ulyses F. J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Provo, UT American Society of Mammalogists 01-10-2008 Brigham Young University, Department of Zoology Oxford University Press
Subjects:	Animal ethology Argentina Biological and medical sciences Biological taxonomies Evolution Extinct species FEATURE ARTICLES Field study Fossils Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Genera Holochilus Mammalia Mammalogy mesoloph New genus Noronhomys Paleontology Pleistocene Pseudoryzomys Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Rodents Sigmodontinae Stratigraphy Taxa Teeth Turtles Vertebrata South America Argentina America Holochilus Vertebrata New genus Argentina Mammalia Taxonomy Rodentia Noionhomys Pseudorysomys. Sigmodontinae mesoloph Pleistocene
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