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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Trionyx triunguis
(Forskål 1775:ix)
Holotype
:
Not located; apparently lost, according to R. G. Webb (pers. comm. to John Iverson).
Trionyx egyptiacus
Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire 1809:366
Syntypes
(3): MNHN 4147, A.5186, and A.5227; MNHN 4147 designated
lectotype
by
Bour
et al.
(1995:77)
. Pls. I–II in the original description presumably are among the types.
Trionyx labiatus
Bell 1835
:unnumbered
Holotype
:
OUM
unnumbered; illustrated in the original description (
Part IV
,
Pls.
2–4); apparently lost; not listed by
Nowak-Kemp
&
Fritz (2010)
.
Trionyx mortoni
Hallowell 1844:120
Holotype
: Not located; possibly ANSP, but not listed in
Malnate (1971)
.
Aspidonectes aspilus
Cope 1860:295
Holotype
: Not located; possibly ANSP or
USNM
; apparently lost; not listed in
Cochran (1961)
,
Malnate (1971)
, or
Reynolds
et al.
(2007)
.
Fordia africana
Gray 1869:219
a
Syntypes
(2):
BMNH 1947.3
.5.42 (formerly 1862.9.2.33; skull catalogued separately as 1947.3.6.12) and 1947.3.5.70 (formerly 1862.9.2.34)
.
Trionyx triunguis rudolfianus
Deraniyagala 1948:30
Holotype
:
UPSZTY 2821
(formerly
UUZM 2821
);
paratypes
(6), originally in the
Colombo Museum
in
Sri Lanka
.