A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
Megataxa
2022
2022-01-25
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journal article
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Pyxis planicauda
(Grandidier 1867:233)
Holotype
:
MNHN 9373 (illustrated in
Vaillant & Grandidier 1910
:Pl. 4 and reproduced in Bour 2005c:24; photographed in Bour 2005c:23 and
Bour 1981:140–141
). NWM 23479 erroneously considered a cotype (e.g.,
Tiedemann & Häupl 1980:8
;
Tiedemann
et al.
1994:13
) according to Bour (2005c:22).
Testudo morondavensis
Vuillemin 1972:17
Holotype
:
MNHN A.276 (photographed in the original description, Pl. 1, and in Bour 2005c:26).