Cueva del Muerto: 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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Hyperplagiodontia araeum
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Isolobodon portoricensis
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Acratocnus sp.
Anthony 1916
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Mammalia
- Nesophontidae
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Nesophontes hypomicrus
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Nesophontes zamicrus
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Capromyidae
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Plagiodontia aedium
Cuvier 1836
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sapiens
Linnaeus 1758
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| a complete human skeleton identified as pre-Columbian in age by Professor Renato Rímoli (Museo Nacional del Hombre Dominicano, Santo Domingo), together with lithic tools | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Serpentes indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Polychrotidae
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Anolis sp.
Daudin 1802
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Reptilia
- Iguanidae
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Leiocephalus sp.
Gray 1827
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Celestus sp.
Gray 1838
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Chelonoidis marcanoi
Turvey et al. 2017
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| MNHNSD FOS 23.1063 | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic | State/province: | Pedernales |
| Coordinates: | 17.8° North, 71.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.8° North, 71.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 51 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: | 186697 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2017-07-01 08:23:50 | Last modified: | 2017-07-01 08:23:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-07-01 08:23:50 |
| 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] |