A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
Megataxa
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Cyclanorbis elegans
(Gray 1869:222)
Syntypes
(5):
BMNH 1946.1
.22.15 (formerly 1865.5.3.35) and 1947.3.6.26-29 (formerly 1864.1.25.3, 1864.8.8.9, 1865.5.9.22, and 1865.4.6.11, respectively)
;
BMNH 1946.1
.22.15 designated
lectotype
by
Webb (1975a:348)
.
BMNH 1865.5
.3.75 also listed as a
syntype
in
BMNH catalogue.
Cyclanorbis oligotypus
Siebenrock 1902:
810
Syntypes
(2):
NMW 1848
and another unlocated
syntype
(
Tiedemann
et al.
1994:11
).
Cyclanorbis senegalensis
(
Duméril
& Bibron
1835:504
)
Holotype
:
MNHN 4151 (Bour
et al.
1995:82; photographed therein, p. 83).
Cyclanorbis petersii
Gray 1854:
135
Holotype
:
BMNH 1947.3
.6.23.
Tetrathyra baikii
Gray 1865:205
Syntypes
(2 according to
Webb 1975a:349
):
BMNH
1947.3.6.25 (formerly 1865.9.13.1) and 1947.3.6.24 (formerly 1865.4.6.10; illustrated in the original description, p. 205, and
Gray 1870:110
).
BMNH
1947.3.6.25 designated
lectotype
by
Webb (1975a:349)
.
Cyclanosteus senegalensis aquilifera
Gray 1865:425
Holotype
: Not located;
BMNH
unnumbered; illustrated in the original description (Fig. 2) and
Gray (1870:113
, Fig. 38a); see also
Gray (1873:87)
.
Cyclanosteus senegalensis normalis
Gray 1865:
425
Holotype
: Not located; apparently in the
BMNH
.
Cyclanosteus senegalensis callosa
Gray 1865:425
Holotype
:
BMNH
1865.5.3.75; illustrated in the original description (Fig. 1) and
Gray (1870:113
, Fig. 38a); see also
Gray (1873:87)
.
Tetrahyra vaillanti
Rochebrune 1884:36
Syntypes
(number uncertain): Not located;
two syntypes
illustrated in the original description (Pl. IV, Figs. 1–2).
Cycloderma aubryi
(Duméril 1856:374)
Holotype
:
MNHN 8006 (
Bour
et al.
1995:83
;
Bour 2008d:43
); illustrated in the original description, Pl. 20, reproduced in
Bour 2008d:43
, and photographed therein, p. 44, Fig. 4).
Cycloderma frenatum
Peters 1854:216
Syntypes
(9?;
Bauer
et al.
1995:51
): MCZ 21901;
ZMB 47
,
48
,
49
,
50
,
4815
,
8243
, and 8432
.
ZMB 4815
designated
lectotype
by
Fritz
et al.
(1994:169– 170)
.
ZMB 48
and 8432 are missing (
Fritz
et al.
1994:169–70
)
.
Aspidochelys livingstonii
Gray 1860:6
Holotype
:
BMNH 1947.3
.4.16.