Smith's Parrish: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Bermuda
collected by R. Durham 1991
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Hesperotestudo bermudae n. sp.
Meylan and Sterrer 2000
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BAMZ 1991–086, partial skeleton | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Bermuda |
Coordinates: | 32.3° North, 64.7° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 32.3° North, 64.7° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | maximum 320 Ka (unknown) |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | chemical,mechanical,survey of museum collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | R. Durham | Collection dates: | 1991 |
Collection method comments: BAMZ (Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo)
The fossil reported here was discovered on 13 March 1991 by Mr Raymond ‘Jackie’ Durham of Bermuda during excavation of a vertical limestone wall. The posterior end of the shell was opened by excavation machinery revealing an open interior space, and excavation ceased. Some broken pieces of shell were recovered and all loose bone was removed from inside the shell. The remainder of the tortoise was removed from the vertical wall as a block on 15 August 1991. The block was mechanically reduced in volume and then acid prepared. |
Metadata
Database number: | 190749 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
Created: | 2017-12-16 13:24:27 | Last modified: | 2017-12-16 13:24:27 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-16 13:24:27 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
64121. | P. A. Meylan and W. Sterrer. 2000. Hesperotestudo (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Pleistocene of Bermuda, with comments on the phylogenetic position of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128:51-76 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |