Casimba de Jatibotanico (Pleistocene of Cuba)
Where: Santa Clara, Cuba (22.5° N, 80.2° W: paleocoordinates 22.6° N, 80.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: sinkhole; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the AMNH
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 190669: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 13.12.2017
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Taxonomic list
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"Testudo cubensis" = Chelonoidis cubensis
"Testudo cubensis" = Chelonoidis cubensis Leidy 1868 turtle AMNH 8923, a costal plate and additional material in AMNH
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