A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
Megataxa
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Kinosternon acutum
Gray 1831:34
Holotype
:
BMNH 1947.3
.4.58 (
Stuart 1963:48
).
Cinosternum berendtianum
Cope 1865:189
Syntypes
(3; Cochran 1962:229):
USNM 6517
(originally
3 specimens
), 106293 (originally one of the three
USNM 6517
specimens) and 106294 (originally one of the three
USNM
specimens). The remaining single
USNM 6517
specimen is now lost, as are the alcoholic soft parts of two of the three
USNM
specimens, which had been catalogued as
USNM 6534
(
Reynolds
et al.
2007:24
)
.
Swanka maculata
Gray 1869:182
(part)
Syntypes
(originally 8 according to original description, but only 5 remaining;
Stuart 1963:49
;
Smith & Smith 1980:80
):
BMNH
1946.1.22.25 (formerly 1862.6.6.1, =
K. leucostomum
); 1946.1.22.71-72 (formerly 1864.1.2.6.144-145, =
K. leucostomum
); and 1946.1.22.73-74 (formerly 1862.6.6.2-3 =
K. acutum
).
Cinosternon effeldtii
Peters 1873:603
Syntypes
(3):
ZMB 7868
,
9019
, and one other unlocated (
Bauer
et al.
1995:51
)
.
ZMB 7868
designated
lectotype
(illustrated in the original description, Figs. 1–3) by
Fritz
et al.
(1994:168)
.