Megaoryzomys

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Oryzomyini
Genus: †Megaoryzomys
Species (†1): †M. curioi

Megaoryzomys Lenglet & Coppois, 1979: 635

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. Reference page.

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 Reference page.
Bover, P., Brito, J., Castellanos, F.X., Soto, E.C., Hutterer, R., Alfaro-Ibáñez, M.P., González, M.E.M., Tammone, M.N. & Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2025. Revisiting the taxonomy and biogeography of the largest sigmodontine rodent (Rodentia, Cricetidae) through ancient DNA. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 205(4): zlaf167. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf167 Reference page.