A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
Megataxa
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Manouria impressa
(Günther 1882:343)
Holotype
:
BMNH 1947.3
.5.7 (formerly 1882.4.20.1; illustrated in the original description, pp. 344–346, Figs. 1–3, and reproduced in
Bour 1998a:29
).
Geoemyda latinuchalis
Vaillant 1894:6
Holotype
: MNHN 1892-266 (photographed in
Bour 1998a:30
).The type is in two parts, a carapace and a plastron; however,
Bour (1998a:30)
designated the shell as the
lectotype
(and the plastron as the
paralectotype
).
Testudo pseudemys
Boulenger 1903:144
Syntypes
(4):
BMNH
1946.1.22.61 (formerly 1893.10.9.1), 1946.1.22.55 (formerly 1903.4.13.15), 1947.3.5.6 (formerly 1903.4.13.6; illustrated in the original description, Pl. IX, btw. pp. 144–145, and reproduced in
Bour 1998a:31
), and another unidentified (
Bour 1998a:31
).
BMNH
1947.3.5.6 designated
lectotype
by
Bour (1998a:31)
; according to
Bour (1998a:35)
,
BMNH
1895.10.8.4 is the skull associated with the
lectotype
.