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Phenacosaurus nicefori Dunn 1944

  • 1. Museo de La Salle, Universidad de La Salle. Carrera 2 # 10 - 70. & Grupo de Investigación en Biotecnología y Medio Ambiente, Universidad Incca de Colombia. Carrera 13 No. 24 - 15, Bogotá Colombia.
  • 2. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Cra. 30 # 45 - 03, edificio 425, Bogotá, Colombia. johndouglaslynch @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6358 - 1610
  • 3. Museo de La Salle, Universidad de La Salle. Carrera 2 # 10 - 70.
  • 4. Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas SINCHI. Avenida Vásquez Cobo entre calles 15 y 16, Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia.

Description

Phenacosaurus nicefori Dunn 1944d.

Holotype ILS (= actual number MLS 155) (fig. 24), male. Vicinity of Pamplona, Norte de Santander, Colombia. 2340 meters elevation. Brother Nicéforo María, Dec. 1937.

Remarks: The original publication lacks the catalog number, a later publication reports that ILS 65 is the number of the type (Lazell, 1969), but this number is erroneous. Specimens MLS 155 is hydrated and in good state of preservation.

Notes

Published as part of Cruz-Rodríguez, Cristian, Lynch, John D., Cárdenas, Julieth S. & Caicedo-Portilla, José Rancés, 2021, Type specimens housed in the herpetological collections at Museo de La Salle Bogotá and their historical importance for the consolidation of herpetology in Colombia, pp. 261-292 in Zootaxa 4965 (2) on page 272, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4749961

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References

  • Dunn, E. (1944 d) The lizard genus Phenacosaurus. Caldasia, 3 (11), 57 - 62.
  • Lazell, J. D. (1969) The genus Phenacosaurus (Sauria: Iguanidae). Breviora, 325, 1 - 24.