Shelter Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as L.A.C.M. locality 1010

Where: Dona Ana County, New Mexico (32.3° N, 106.6° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 106.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: B. H. Brattstrom. 1961. Some new fossil tortoises from western North America with remarks on the zoogeography and paleoecology of tortoises. Journal of Paleontology 35(3):543-560 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99599: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.11.2010

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Gopherus agassizi" = Gopherus agassizii
"Gopherus agassizi" = Gopherus agassizii Cooper 1863 Mojave desert tortoise