Cueva San José de las Lamas (Cuba) (Pleistocene of Cuba)

Where: Habana, Cuba (23.1° N, 82.5° W: paleocoordinates 23.1° N, 82.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Collection methods: This Paleontology Notes article is a review of the nomenclatural status of specimens described in the periodicals El Cartero Cubano (Arredondo 1958), Bohemia, and Sociedad Espeleológica de Cuba Boleti

Primary reference: P. Brodkorb. 1961. Recently described birds and mammals from Cuban caves. Journal of Paleontology 35(3):633-635 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/R. Hulbert]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13265: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 05.02.2002, edited by Philip Mannion and Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Macrocapromys acevedo
M. acevedoi is an illegal emendation.
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
"Crocodylus antillensis n. sp." = Crocodylus rhombifer2
"Crocodylus antillensis n. sp." = Crocodylus rhombifer2 Cuvier 1807 Cuban crocodile
Type (cranial elements)
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone (Chelonoidis) sp.1 Fitzinger 1835 turtle
MfN 2917, peripheral bone