A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines) Author Iverson, John B. text Megataxa 2022 2022-01-25 7 1 1 85 journal article 20418 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1 bd1f1932-a0fa-4daf-af9f-cc52c932ed40 2703-3090 5964441 3BD32BFF-0402-47FB-A9EE-FE08E260793D Pelusios sinuatus (Smith 1838:Plate 1) Holotype : RSM (now NMSZ ) 1859.13.1684 ( FitzSimons 1937:261 ; illustrated in Pl. X; Broadley 1981b:654 ), although Herman et al. (1990:6) listed NMSZ 1859.13.1686 as a possible syntype . Pelusios sinuatus zuluensis Hewitt 1927:371 Holotype : NMB 609 (photographed in the original description, Pl. XXV, Fig. 1; Broadley 1981b:655 ); paratype (1, although based on a “series of specimens” in the original description), NMB 610 ( Broadley 1981b:655 ). Pelusios sinuatus bottegi (Boulenger 1895:9) Holotype : MSNG CE2319 ( Capocaccia 1961:87 ); illustrated in the original description (Pl. I–II). Pelusios sinuatus leptus Hewitt 1933:45 Holotype : PEM R14960 (formerly unnumbered); photographed in the original description (Pl. 9, Figs. 1–2); Broadley 1981b:656 ); paratypes (3?, although 6 specimens are recorded in the original description), AMG 5432, 5794, and 6696 ( Broadley 1981b:656 ). Sternothaerus rudolphi t Arambourg 1947:461 Holotype : MNHN P1933-9-449; paratype (1), MNHN 1933-9-448; types illustrated in the original description (Fig. 79–80; Pl. XXIV, Fig. 4; Pl. XXXV, Fig. 3) and in Broin (1969 :Pl. XXV, Fig. 4).