A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
Megataxa
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Platysternon megacephalum
Gray 1831:107
Holotype
:
BMNH 1946.9
.7.42.
Platysternon megacephalum peguense
Gray 1870:
70
Syntypes
(2): BMNH 1946.1.22.21-22 (formerly 1868.6.6.2-3).
Platysternon megacephalum vogeli
Wermuth 1969:372
Holotype
:
SMNS
4573 (
Schlüter & Hallermann 1997:10
; alive when described);
paratype
(1),
SMNS
3755 (
Schlüter & Hallermann 1997:10
).
Platysternon megacephalum tristernalis
Schleich & Gruber 1984:68
Holotype
:
ZSM
317/1980/1 (
Franzen & Glaw 2007:207
; not 319/1980/1 as originally cited; photographed in
Vetter 2006:110
);
paratype
(1),
ZSM
318/1980 (
Franzen & Glaw 2007:207
). Both types originally unnumbered, but later renumbered in the
ZSM
following
Franzen & Glaw (2007)
.
Platysternon megacephalum shiui Ernst & McCord 1987:626
Holotype
:
USNM 266160
;
paratype
(1),
USNM 266161
(
Reynolds
et al.
2007:30
).