Cueva del Papayo: Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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cf. Hyperplagodontia araeum
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| nomenclature of Trias et al. 1997 updated to reflect current Hispaniolan mammal taxonomy, following MacPhee et al. 2000 and Hansford et al. 2012 | ||||||||||
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Isolobodon cf. montanus
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| nomenclature of Trias et al. 1997 updated to reflect current Hispaniolan mammal taxonomy, following MacPhee et al. 2000 and Hansford et al. 2012 | ||||||||||
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Isolobodon portoricensis
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| nomenclature of Trias et al. 1997 updated to reflect current Hispaniolan mammal taxonomy, following MacPhee et al. 2000 and Hansford et al. 2012 | ||||||||||
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Rodentia indet.
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Chelonoidis marcanoi n. sp.
Turvey et al. 2017
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| NHMUK PV R 36954; NHMUK PV R 36955; MNHNSD FOS 23.1054-23.1064; UF 26095-26100 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonychidae indet.
Gervais 1855
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cf. Neocnus comes
(Miller 1929)
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| nomenclature of Trias et al. 1997 updated to reflect current Hispaniolan mammal taxonomy, following MacPhee et al. 2000 and Hansford et al. 2012 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Solenodontidae
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Solenodon paradoxus
Brandt 1833
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Echimyidae
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Brotomys voratus
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| nomenclature of Trias et al. 1997 updated to reflect current Hispaniolan mammal taxonomy, following MacPhee et al. 2000 and Hansford et al. 2012 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Capromyidae
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Plagiodontia aedium
Cuvier 1836
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| nomenclature of Trias et al. 1997 updated to reflect current Hispaniolan mammal taxonomy, following MacPhee et al. 2000 and Hansford et al. 2012 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic | State/province: | Pedernales |
| Coordinates: | 17.9° North, 71.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.9° North, 71.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 14 meters |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene |
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 186694 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2017-07-01 08:02:18 | Last modified: | 2017-07-01 08:02:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-07-01 08:02:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62617. | S. T. Turvey, J. Almonte, J. Hansford, R. P. Scofield, J. L. Brocca and S. D. Chapman. 2017. A new species of extinct Late Quaternary giant tortoise from Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4277(1):1-16 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |