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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Geoemyda spengleri
(Gmelin, 1789:1043)
Holotype
:
Not located, although illustrated in
Walbaum (1785
:Pl.
III
); possibly originally in the MNUL and apparently destroyed during
World War II
.
Testudo serrata
Shaw 1802:51
Holotype
:
RCSM
unnumbered (formerly
LN
unnumbered); illustrated in the original description (Pl. 9, left); apparently destroyed during
World War II
.
Testudo tricarinata
Bory de Saint-Vincent 1804:
308
Holotype
: Not located; illustrated in the original description (Pl. XXXVII, Fig. 1).
Testudo carinata
Thunberg 1810:6
Holotype
:
UPSZTY
277 (formerly
UUZM
277 and
MGA
46); reported by
Thunberg (1828:49)
,
Holm (1957:58)
, and
Wallin (2001:126)
.
Geoemyda spengleri sinensis
Fan 1931:146
Syntypes
(69): Presumably originally in the
SYS
, numbered 1202 and 8001-68, with two of them sent to the
ZMB
according to the original description. Only known
syntypes
are
RMNH
5887 (
Hoogmoed
et al.
2010:16
), and MCZ 3425 (listed as
paratype
in
Barbour & Loveridge 1946:114
); others presumably lost.