A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
Megataxa
2022
2022-01-25
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journal article
10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1
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Elseya dentata
(Gray1863:98)
Syntypes
(2):BMNH1947.3.6.2(formerly1857.10.24.72) and 1947.3.6.3 (formerly 1857.10.24.73)(
Cogger
et al.
1983:62
; both types photographed in
Goode 1967:56
,
Cann 1998:183
, and
Cann & Sadlier 2017:124
). BMNH 1947.3.6.3 designated as
lectotype
by
Wells &
Wellington
(1985:12)
; however,
Thomson
et al.
(2015:62)
subsequently mistakenly designated BMNH 1947.3.6.2 as
lectotype
.
Elseya intermedia
Gray 1872:23
Holotype
:
BMNH
1947.3.4.14 (
Cogger
et al.
1983:62
; photographed in
Cann 1998:183
and
Cann & Sadlier 2017:124
); sampled genetically by
Kehlmaier
et al.
(2019)
.