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Chelonoidis dominicensis Albury et al., 2018

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Considered a synonym of C. marcanoi by (Viñola-Lopez & Almonte, 2022).

 

Conservation Status

Extinct or invalid (synonym)

 

Distribution

Hispaniola

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Albury, Nancy A., Franz, Richard, Rimoli, Renato, Lehman, Phillip and Rosenberger, Alfred L. (2018). Fossil Land Tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Dominican Republic, West Indies, with a Description of a New Species. American Museum Novitates Number 3904: 1-28. [Abstract]

 

Other references:

Kehlmaier, Christian et al. (2021). Ancient mitogenomics elucidates diversity of extinct West Indian tortoises. Scientific Reports 11: 3224.

Viñola-Lopez, L. W. and Almonte, J. N. (2022). Revision of the fossil land tortoises (Testudines: testudinidae) from Hispaniola with the description of a new species. Novitates Caribaea 20: 11-29. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi20.302

 

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