The first late pleistocene record of Kinosternon (Cryptodira: Kinosternidae) turtles for northern South America, Pubenza locality, Colombia

Cadena, Edwin A.; Jaramillo, Carlos A.; Paramo, Maria

The first late pleistocene record of Kinosternon (Cryptodira: Kinosternidae) turtles for northern South America, Pubenza locality, Colombia

Cadena, Edwin A.;Jaramillo, Carlos A.;Paramo, Maria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2994/1808-9798(2007)2[201:TFLPRO]2.0.CO;2

Date: 2007

Abstract:

The first fossil record of Kinosternon turtles in South America, from the late Pleistocene (16500 years before present) at the Pubenza locality, Department of Cundinamarca, in the Bogotá River basin of Colombia is described. The fossil material is composed