Cueva del Papayo (Pleistocene to of Dominican Republic)
Where: Pedernales, Dominican Republic (17.9° N, 71.5° W)
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When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: S. T. Turvey, J. Almonte, J. Hansford, R. P. Scofield, J. L. Brocca and S. D. Chapman. 2017. A new species of extinct Late Quaternary giant tortoise from Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4277(1):1-16 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 186694: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 01.07.2017
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Taxonomic list
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cf. Hyperplagodontia araeum nomenclature of Trias et al. 1997 updated to reflect current Hispaniolan mammal taxonomy, following MacPhee et al. 2000 and Hansford et al. 2012
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Chelonoidis marcanoi n. sp.
Chelonoidis marcanoi n. sp. Turvey et al. 2017 turtle NHMUK PV R 36954; NHMUK PV R 36955; MNHNSD FOS 23.1054-23.1064; UF 26095-26100
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Brotomys voratus spiny rat nomenclature of Trias et al. 1997 updated to reflect current Hispaniolan mammal taxonomy, following MacPhee et al. 2000 and Hansford et al. 2012
Isolobodon cf. montanus spiny rat nomenclature of Trias et al. 1997 updated to reflect current Hispaniolan mammal taxonomy, following MacPhee et al. 2000 and Hansford et al. 2012
Isolobodon portoricensis Flemming and MacPhee 1999 spiny rat nomenclature of Trias et al. 1997 updated to reflect current Hispaniolan mammal taxonomy, following MacPhee et al. 2000 and Hansford et al. 2012
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Plagiodontia aedium Cuvier 1836 hutia nomenclature of Trias et al. 1997 updated to reflect current Hispaniolan mammal taxonomy, following MacPhee et al. 2000 and Hansford et al. 2012
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Solenodon paradoxus Brandt 1833 solenodon | |
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Megalonychidae indet. Gervais 1855 edentate
cf. Neocnus comes Miller 1929 edentate nomenclature of Trias et al. 1997 updated to reflect current Hispaniolan mammal taxonomy, following MacPhee et al. 2000 and Hansford et al. 2012
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