Megalomys curazensis
Megalomys curazensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | †Megalomys |
Species: | †M. curazensis
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Binomial name | |
†Megalomys curazensis Hooijer, 1959
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Megalomys curazensis is a species of rodent from the Late Pleistocene (400,000 to 130,000 years ago) of the island of Curaçao, off northwestern Venezuela.[1] It is a member of the genus Megalomys, which also includes species from other islands of the Lesser Antilles.[2] It is known from abundant but fragmentary material found throughout the island.[3]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Buisonjé, P.H. de. 1974. Neogene and Quaternary geology of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Uitgaven "Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen" 74:1–291.
- Hooijer, D.A. 1959. Fossil rodents from Curaçao and Bonaire. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 35:1–27.
- A Middle Pleistocene age and biogeography for the extinct rodent Megalomys curazensis from Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles.. Caribbean Journal of Science 38. 278-281. Accessed 2017-08-14. , and . 2002.
Categories:
- Megalomys
- Pleistocene rodents
- Pleistocene mammals of South America
- Lujanian
- Pleistocene Caribbean
- Fossils of Curaçao
- Fossil taxa described in 1959