A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
Megataxa
2022
2022-01-25
7
1
1
85
journal article
10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1
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2703-3090
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Astrochelys radiata
(
Shaw 1802:22
)
Holotype
:
BMNH 1947.3
.5.15.
Testudo coui
Daudin 1801:271
Holotype
: Not located (
Bour & Schmidtler 2014:39
); illustrated in the original description (Pl. XXVI, precedes p. 271); reproduced in
Bour & Schmidtler 2014:39
) and in
Oppel (1811
: Pl. 35– 36; reproduced in
Bour & Schmidtler 2014:39
).
Testudo desertorum
Grandidier 1869:257
Holotype
: Not located.
Testudo hypselonota
Bourret 1941:9
Holotype
:
VNUH
T-85 (now
MNHN 1948.41
; illustrated in the original description (
Pl. I
) and by
Wermuth
1965:280, 282).