A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
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Megataxa
2022
2022-01-25
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Chelodina steindachneri
Siebenrock 1914:386
Syntypes
(3):
NMW 19796
-98 (
Tiedemann & Häupl 1980:7
;
Tiedemann
et al.
1994:11
);
NMW 19798
erroneously listed as “
holotype
” by
Cogger
et al.
(1983:62)
,
Cann (1998:71
; photographed therein), and
Cann & Sadlier (2017:42
; photographed therein); original illustration (Pls. 25–27) reproduced in
Goode (1967:35)
,
Cann (1998:69)
, and
Cann & Sadlier (2017:43)
.
Chelodina millymillyensis
Glauert 1923:54
Holotype
:
Not designated, but Anon. (1963) reported
WAM
1000 as the
holotype
; however,
four syntypes
are available (
WAM
911, 912, 1000, and 1106).
WAM
1000 designated
lectotype
(and other three as
paralectotypes
) by
Cogger
et al.
(1983:62
; including photograph of
lectotype
), and photographed in
Ellis & Georges (2015:56)
.
WAM
1106 is missing according to
Ellis & Georges (2015:56)
.
Chelodina walloyarrina
McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2007:59
Holotype
:
WAM
R164345 (photographed in the original description, p. 59, in
Ellis & Georges 2015:58
, and in
Cann & Sadlier 2017:68
);
paratypes
(5), AMNH 159947 (photographed in the original description, p. 60); AMS 136058, 136063, and 136150; and
WAM
R164346 (photographed in the original description, p. 59–60).
Chelus fimbriata
(
Schneider 1783:349
)
Holotype
: Not located (see
Hoogmoed
& Gruber 1983:352).
Testudo terrestris
Fermin 1765:51
Holotype
: Not located (illustrated in the original description; Pl.
XX
).
Testudo matamata
Bruguière 1792:257
Holotype
: Not located (illustrated in the original description; Pl. 13).
Testudo bispinosa
Ruiz de Xelva
in
Daudin 1801:
94
Holotype
: Not located; possibly MNHN.
Chelys boulengeri
Baur 1890:968
Holotype
: Originally in the Clark University osteological collection.
BMNH
1881.9.27.3 designated
lectotype
by
Vargas-Ramírez
et al.
(2020:13)
, and illustrated in
Boulenger (1889:208–209
, Fig. 52–53).