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Chelonoidis cubensis
Taxonomy
Testudo cubensis was named by Leidy (1868). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ciego Montero, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Cuba.
It was recombined as Geochelone cubensis by Auffenberg (1967); it was recombined as Chelonoidis cubensis by Auffenberg (1974), Rhodin et al. (2015), Albury et al. (2018), Vlachos (2018).
It was recombined as Geochelone cubensis by Auffenberg (1967); it was recombined as Chelonoidis cubensis by Auffenberg (1974), Rhodin et al. (2015), Albury et al. (2018), Vlachos (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1868 | Testudo cubensis Leidy p. 179 |
| 1967 | Geochelone cubensis Auffenberg |
| 1974 | Chelonoidis cubensis Auffenberg |
| 2015 | Chelonoidis cubensis Rhodin et al. |
| 2018 | Chelonoidis cubensis Albury et al. |
| 2018 | Chelonoidis cubensis Vlachos |
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†Chelonoidis cubensis Leidy 1868
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. Vlachos 2018 | Chelonoidis cubensis can be diagnosed as a member of Testudinidae based on the presence of neural differentiation, a well-developed epiplastral lip, short pectorals, and a femur with fused trochanters and as a member of Chelonoidis based on the absence of cervical scute and the triangular ventral ischial tubercle. Chelonoidis cubensis can be differentiated from other Chelonoidis by the presence of a shallow nuchal notch, nuchal plate much wider than long, a well-developed gular protrusion, short gulars that never reach the entoplastron, expansion of the humerals onto the medial portions of the epiplastra, small entoplastron, humero-pectoral sulcus situated posterior to the entoplastron, contact between inguinal and femoral scutes in ventral view, and the development of a pronounced epiplastral lip. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleistocene | Cuba (Santa Clara) | Testudo cubensis (190669) | |
| Pleistocene | Cuba (Matanzas) | Testudo cubensis (190670) | |
| Pleistocene | Cuba | Testudo cubensis (type locality: 37703) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Cuba (Matanzas) | Chelonoidis cubensis (152870) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Cuba (Mayabeque) | Testudo cubensis (153777) |