A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
Megataxa
2022
2022-01-25
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journal article
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10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1
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Chrysemys dorsalis
Agassiz 1857:440
Syntypes
(at least 3): USNM 21 (
Cochran 1961:229
;
Reynolds
et al.
2007:11
); and MCZ 1801 and 31960 (
Barbour & Loveridge 1929:241
reported only
two syntypes
in the MCZ numbered 1801–1802); type locality correction by
Ernst (1967:133)
by default makes MCZ 1801 the
lectotype
(
Smith & Smith 1980:423
).