Casimba de Jatibotanico: Pleistocene, Cuba
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo cubensis
Leidy 1868
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| recombined as Chelonoidis cubensis | ||||||||||
| AMNH 8923, a costal plate and additional material in AMNH | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Cuba | State/province: | Santa Clara |
| Coordinates: | 22.5° North, 80.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.6° North, 80.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | sinkhole |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | AMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 190669 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2017-12-13 14:58:54 | Last modified: | 2017-12-13 14:58:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-13 14:58:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64089. | E. E. Williams. 1950. Testudo cubensis and the evolution of western hemisphere tortoises. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 95(1):1-36 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |