Hato Nuevo tar pit (Pleistocene of Cuba)
Where: Matanzas, Cuba (22.9° N, 80.9° W: paleocoordinates 23.0° N, 80.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: tar; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R. E. Dickerson, P. J. Bermudez in 1933; 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 190670: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 13.12.2017
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"Testudo cubensis" = Chelonoidis cubensis
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