PBDB Collection

Ciego Montero (Pleistocene of Cuba)

Also known as Ciego-Montero, Cienfuegos

Where: Cuba (22.3° N, 80.4° W: paleocoordinates 22.4° N, 80.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: The primary ref for this collection is not the first place these fossils were mentioned, but the two "background" references are an abstract and a general discussion of S. A. mammals

Primary reference: W. D. Matthew. 1931. Genera and new species of ground sloths from the Pleistocene of Cuba. American Museum Novitates 511:1-5 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37703: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 22.03.2004, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae	"Mesocnus browni n. sp." = Parocnus browni "Mesocnus browni n. sp." = Parocnus browni Matthew 1931 edentate type: anterior half of skull; paratype: lower jaw
Reptilia
Testudines - Testudinidae	"Testudo cubensis n. sp." = Chelonoidis cubensis¹, Emys sombrerensis n. sp.¹ "Testudo cubensis n. sp." = Chelonoidis cubensis¹ Leidy 1868 turtle Type (costal plate) Emys sombrerensis n. sp.¹ Leidy 1868 turtle Type (posterior part of plastron)
Crocodylia -	Crocodilus pristinus n. sp.¹ Crocodilus pristinus n. sp.¹ Leidy 1868 crocodilian Type (posterior dorsal vertebra)
Crocodylia - Crocodylidae	Crocodylus rhombifer² Crocodylus rhombifer² Cuvier 1807 Cuban crocodile AMNH 6179-6181 and 6185 (skulls)

¹Leidy 1868; ²Morgan and Albury 2013