Chelonoidis sp. nov. 'Ecuador'
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene or Holocene
Distribution
Ecuador
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Cadena, E. A. and Román-Carrión, J. L. (2018). A review of the fossil record of Ecuador, with insights about its challenges and future development. Ameghiniana 55: 571-591.
Cantalamessa, G. et al. (2001). A new vertebrate fossiliferous site from the Late Quaternary at San José on the north coast of Ecuador: Preliminary note. J. South Am. Earth Sci. 14: 331-334.
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.
Torres Chiriboga, Fernando J. (2016). Histología ósea de una tortuga gigante del Pleistoceno (Testudinidae) de Ecuador continental, con comentarios del origen de las tortugas de Galápagos (Disertación previa, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito.
Torres Chiriboga, Fernando J., Huang, E. J., Román-Carrion, José Luis and Bever, Gabriel S. (2024). New insights into the origin of the Galápagos tortoises with a tip-dated analysis of Testudinidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024.2313615