Chelonoidis alburyorum keegani Franz et al., 2020
Grand Turk giant tortoise, Turks giant tortoise
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: AD 1117-1222 (Steadman et al., 2019)
Distribution
Grand Turk, Turks Banks, Turks and Caicos
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
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.
Other references:
Carlson, L. A. (1999). Aftermath of a feast: human colonization of the southern Bahamian Archipelago and its effects on the indigenous fauna. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville.
Franz, R. (2001). Fossil tortoises from the Turks and Caicos Islands, B.W.I. In: Clark-Simpson, C.A. and Smith, G.W. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 8th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas, pp. 27-31.
Kehlmaier, Christian et al. (2021). Ancient mitogenomics elucidates diversity of extinct West Indian tortoises. Scientific Reports 11: 3224.
Steadman, David W. et al. (2019). The paleoecology and extinction of endemic tortoises in the Bahamian Archipelago. The Holocene. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683619887412 [Abstract]
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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