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
bd1f1932-a0fa-4daf-af9f-cc52c932ed40
2703-3090
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Aldabrachelys gigantea arnoldi
(
Bour 1982a:121
)
Holotype
: MNHN 9564 (photographed in
Bour 1982a:119
);
paratypes
(2), MNHN 7872 (illustrated in
Bour 1982a:119
); and
BMNH
74.2.6.5 (latter sampled genetically by
Austin
et al.
2003
).
Aldabrachelys gigantea daudinii (
Duméril & Bibron 1835:123
)
Holotype
: MNHN 7640 (scutes) and AC 4.11819 (skeleton), same specimen (7640 illustrated in
Bour 1982a:119
, and photographed in
Bour 2006c
27; and sampled genetically by
Austin
et al.
2003
); no
paratypes
designated (
Bour 2006c:28
).