A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines) Author Iverson, John B. text Megataxa 2022 2022-01-25 7 1 1 85 journal article 20418 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1 bd1f1932-a0fa-4daf-af9f-cc52c932ed40 2703-3090 5964441 3BD32BFF-0402-47FB-A9EE-FE08E260793D Gopherus agassizii ( Cooper 1861:120 ) Syntypes (3): “Three young specimens”, apparently originally in the California State Geological Survey collection according to Cooper (1861:120) . The syntypes were later transferred to other collections, since USNM 7888 was listed by Cochran (1961:236) and Reynolds et al. (2007:32) as one of the syntypes . The identity of the other two syntypes is uncertain; one was apparently in the CAS and potentially destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire and the other is apparently lost (see discussions in Reynolds et al. 2007:30 and Murphy et al. 2011:44–45 ). USNM 7888 designated lectotype by Murphy et al. (2011:39 ; sampled genetically and photographed therein, p. 53–57, Figs. 4–8). Xerobates lepidocephalus Ottley & Velázquez Solis 1989:497 . Holotype : BYU 39706 (sampled genetically by Murphy et al. 2011 ); paratype (1), BYU 39707.