A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
Megataxa
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Platemys platycephala
(Schneider 1792:261)
Holotype
:
Not located; illustrated in the original description (Pl. 7).
Platemys planiceps
(Schneider 1792:plate 7)
Holotype
:
Not located; illustrated in the original description (Pl. 7).
Testudo martinella
Daudin 1803:377
Holotype
: MNHN 8760 (
Ernst 1987:1
).
Emys discolor
Thunberg
in
Schweigger 1812:302
, 348
Holotype
:
UPSZTY
723 (formerly
UUZM
723); listed by
Thunberg (1828:49)
, but not by
Lönnberg (1896)
,
Andersson (1900)
,
Holm (1957)
, or
Wallin (2001)
.
Emys canaliculata
Spix 1824:10
Syntypes
(4, one illustrated in the original description, Pl. VIII): only ZSM 3007/0 known to exist, designated
lectotype
by
Hoogmoed & Gruber (1983:349)
; see also
Franzen & Glaw 2007:204
where the
lectotype
is photographed (p. 205).
Ernst (1983:350)
erroneously considered ZSM 3007/0 the
holotype
.
Hydraspis constricta
Gray 1831:43
Holotype
: Not designated (fide
Ernst 1983:350
); not located, possibly in the MNHN, but apparently lost.