Chelonoidis alburyorum alburyorum Franz & Franz, 2009:5
Abaco tortoise, Albury's tortoise
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: c. 1110 AD
Distribution
Great Abaco Island, the Bahamas
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: UF 225400
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Franz, Richard and Franz, Shelley E. (2009). A new fossil land tortoise in the genus Chelonoidis (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the northern Bahamas, with an osteological assessment of other Neotropical tortoises. The Bulletin 49(1): 1-44. [Abstract]
Other references:
Franz, Richard, Albury, Nancy A. and Steadman, David W. (2020). Extinct tortoises from the Turks and Caicos Islands. Florida Mus. Nat. Hist. Bull. 58(1): 1-38.
Hastings, Alexander K. (2011). Collagen isotope analysis of extremely well-preserved fossils from a blue hole site in the Bahamas. 2011 GSA Annual Meeting in Minneapolis (9–12 October 2011), Paper No. 15-10, Presentation Time: 10:25 AM-10:40 AM. [Abstract]
Hastings, Alexander K. et al. (2014). Domination by reptiles in a terrestrial food web of the Bahamas prior to human occupation. Journal of Herpetology 48(3): 380-388.
Kehlmaier, Christian et al. (2017). Tropical ancient DNA reveals relationships of the extinct Bahamian giant tortoise Chelonoidis alburyorum. Proc. R. Soc. B 284: 20162235.
Kehlmaier, Christian et al. (2021). Ancient mitogenomics elucidates diversity of extinct West Indian tortoises. Scientific Reports 11: 3224.
Steadman, David W. et al. (2014). Late-Holocene faunal and landscape change in the Bahamas. The Holocene 24(2): 220-230.
Steadman, D. W., Franz, R., Morgan, G. S., Albury, N. A., Kakuk, B., Broad, K., ... and Dilcher, D. L. (2007). Exceptionally well preserved late Quaternary plant and vertebrate fossils from a blue hole on Abaco, The Bahamas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(50): 19897-19902.
Torres, Fernando, Huang, E. J., Román-Carrion, José Luis and Bever, Gabriel S. (2023). New insights into the origin of the Galápagos tortoises with a tip-dated analysis of Testudinidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 43(4): e2313615. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024.2313615
Turtle Extinctions Working Group et al. (2015). Turtles and Tortoises of the World During the Rise and Global Spread of Humanity: First Checklist and Review of Extinct Pleistocene and Holocene Chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5: 1-66.
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