Ciego Montero: Pleistocene, Cuba
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Crocodilus pristinus n. sp.
Leidy 1868
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Leidy 1868 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Crocodylia | ||||||||||
| Type (posterior dorsal vertebra) | ||||||||||
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Crocodylus rhombifer
Cuvier 1807
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Morgan and Albury 2013 | |||||||||
| AMNH 6179-6181 and 6185 (skulls) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo cubensis n. sp.
Leidy 1868
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Leidy 1868 | |||||||||
| recombined as Chelonoidis cubensis | ||||||||||
| Type (costal plate) | ||||||||||
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Emys sombrerensis n. sp.
Leidy 1868
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Leidy 1868 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Testudinidae | ||||||||||
| Type (posterior part of plastron) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Mesocnus browni n. sp.
Matthew 1931
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Parocnus browni | ||||||||||
| type: anterior half of skull; paratype: lower jaw | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Cuba |
| Coordinates: | 22.3° North, 80.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.4° North, 80.2° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: The primary ref for this collection is not the first place these fossils were mentioned, but the two "background" references are an abstract and a general discussion of S. A. mammals | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ciego-Montero, Cienfuegos | ||
| Database number: | 37703 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion | Enterer: | E. Leckey, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-03-22 08:59:06 | Last modified: | 2019-01-02 10:41:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-03-22 08:59:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9932. | 5% 48000 | W. D. Matthew. 1931. Genera and new species of ground sloths from the Pleistocene of Cuba. American Museum Novitates 511:1-5 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 34633 | J. Leidy. 1868. Notice of some vertebrate remains from the West Indian Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20:178-180 [M. Carrano/H. Street/P. Mannion] | |
| 67679 | G. S. Morgan and N. A. Albury. 2013. The Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) from late Quaternary fossil deposits in the Bahamas and Cayman Islands. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 52(3):161-236 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 67665 | G. S. Morgan, N. A. Albury, R. Rímoli, P. Lehman, A. L. Rosenberger and S. B. Cooke. 2018. The Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) from Late Quaternary Underwater Cave Deposits in the Dominican Republic. American Museum Novitates 3916:1-56 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |