Where: San Cristobal, Dominican Republic (19.0° N, 69.0° W: paleocoordinates 19.0° N, 68.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Quaternary (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• nothing, just found the material lying in a cave

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: permineralized

Collection methods: surface (float),

• tortoise material thought to be from one individual, sloth material not described

Primary reference: R. Franz and C. A. Woods. 1983. A fossil tortoise from Hispaniola. Journal of Herpetology 17(1):79-81 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28042: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 21.01.2003, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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