Hato Nuevo tar pit: Pleistocene, Cuba
collected by R. E. Dickerson, P. J. Bermudez 1933

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo cubensis Leidy 1868
recombined as Chelonoidis cubensis
AMNH, shell fragments
see common names

Geography
Country:Cuba State/province:Matanzas
Coordinates: 22.9° North, 80.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.0° North, 80.7° 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:2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:tar
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:AMNH
Collectors:R. E. Dickerson, P. J. Bermudez Collection dates:1933
Metadata
Database number:190670
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Created:2017-12-13 15:04:35 Last modified:2017-12-13 15:04:35
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-13 15:04:35
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]