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
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Testudo cubensis
Leidy 1868
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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] |