A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
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Megataxa
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2022-01-25
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Terrapene nelsoni klauberi
Bogert 1943:2
Holotype
: AMNH 63751;
paratypes
(3 according to the original description),
AMNH 63752- 54
. However,
FMNH 41269
is also listed as a
paratype
by
Marx (1958:450)
.
Terrapene ornata (
Agassiz 1857:445
)
Syntypes
(at least 7; see
Reynolds
et al.
2007:12–13
for a discussion of the confusion surrounding the type series): USNM 7862 (formerly 57), 7541, 131837 (formerly one of three numbered 7541), 7547, 7692, and possibly USNM 7547 and 7740 (
Reynolds
et al.
2007:12
); BMNH 1873.8.13.3 (formerly one of three numbered USNM 7541); and MCZ 1536 (
Barbour & Loveridge 1929:241
); MCZ 1536 designated
lectotype
by
Smith & Smith (1980:587)
.
Ward (1978:1)
and
Smith & Smith (1980:586)
also included USNM 7542 among the
syntypes
.
Terrapene ornata cimarronensis
Cragin 1894:
37
Holotype
: Not located; no
paratypes
designated.
Terrapene longinsulae
t
Hay 1908:166
Holotype
:
USNM
5983 (
Vlachos (2018:63)
; illustrated in the original description (Pl.
XXVI
) and in
Joyce
et al.
(2012
:Figs 3–4).
Terrapene whitneyi
t
Hay 1916:8
Holotype
:
USNM 8617
(
Vlachos (2018:64)
; illustrated in the original description (
Pl. I
,
Figs.
4–5,
Pl. II
,
Fig.
1).
Terrapene ornata luteola
Smith & Ramsay 1952:
45
Holotype
:
TCU 1280
;
paratype
(1),
UIMNH 18039
(
Smith
et al
. 1964:36
).