Chelonoidis sombrerensis (Leidy, 1868:180)
Sombrero giant tortoise
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Emys sombrerensis Leidy, 1868:180; Testudo sombrerensis (Leidy, 1868:180)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Sombrero Island, Anguilla
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Leidy, J. (1868). Notice of some vertebrate remains from the West Indian islands. Ibid., pp. 178-180.
Other references:
Auffenberg, W. (1967). Notes on West Indian tortoises. Herpetologica 23(1): 34-44. [reports new material]
Franz, Richard and Franz, Shelley Etheridge. (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.
Julien, A. J. (1867). On the geology of the key of Sombrero. Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New York 8: 251-278.
Julien, A. J. (1878). Gigantic land tortoises. Nature 19: 30-31.
Leidy, J. (1859). [Fossils from Sombrero Island.] Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. 111.
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.
Williams, Ernest E. (1950). Testudo cubensis and the evolution of Western Hemisphere tortoises. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 95: 1-36 [a redescription]
Williams, Ernest E. (1952). A new fossil tortoise from Mona Island, West Indies, and a tentative arrangement of the tortoises of the world. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (New York) 99: 541-560.