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Elusor macrurus Cann & Legler 1994

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Description

Elusor macrurus Cann & Legler 1994:83

Holotype: QM J51275 (Shea & Sadlier 1999:17; photographed in the original description, p. 81, Fig. 2, and in Cann 1998:249 and Cann & Sadlier 2017:247); paratypes (6), AMS 134981-82, 138839-42 (Shea & Sadlier 1999:18); and QM J51274 (photographed in the original description, p. 83, Fig. 2, and in Cann 1998:249 and Cann & Sadlier 2017:247). A male and a female paratype (Museum number not recorded) were photographed when alive (Cann 1988:252-253).

Emydura gunaleni Smales, McCord, Cann, & Joseph-Ouni 2019:24

Holotype: AMNH 178722 (photographed in the original description, Pl. 46); paratype (1), AMNH 178723.

Emydura macquarii (Gray 1830:15)

Holotype: MNHN 9409 (Cogger et al. 1983:63; photographed in Cann 1998:101 and Cann & Sadlier 2017:272).

Hydraspis australis Gray 1841:445

Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.4.36 (formerly 1840.12.9.

52; Cogger et al. 1983:63); photographed in Goode (1967:82), Cann (1998:165–66), and Cann & Sadlier (2017:341); sampled genetically by Kehlmaier et al. (2019).

Euchelymys sulcifera Gray 1871:118

Syntypes (3): BMNH 1947.3.5.97-99 (formerly 1858.12.8.6, 1846.5.23.4, and 1856.12.3.8); BMNH 1947.3.5.97 designated lectotype by Cogger et al. (1983:63) and photographed in Cann (1998:104).

Emydura signata Ahl 1932:127

Holotype: ZMB 34102 (Cogger et al. 1983:63; Fritz et al. 1994:160). ZMB 34103 listed as “ syntype ” (= paratype) and both ZMB 34102 and 34103 photographed in Goode et al. (1967:60), Cann (1998:107 –08), and Cann & Sadlier (2017:282).

Chelymys cooki Wells & Wellington 1985:8.

Holotype: AMS 44816 (photographed in Cann & Sadlier 2017:297); no paratypes designated.

Chelymys johncanni Wells & Wellington 1985:8.

Holotype: AZM 101; no paratypes designated.

Emydura macquarii binjing Cann 1998:116

Holotype: AMS 59558 (Shea & Sadlier 1999:18; photographed in the original description, p. 116, and in Cann & Sadlier 2017:291); paratypes (6), AMS 59556, 59559, 59570, and 59574; and QM 59428 (formerly AMS 59573) and 59427 (formerly AMS 59578)(Shea & Sadlier 1999:18; listed as QM J58417 -18 by Cann & Sadlier 2017:290).

Emydura macquarii dharra Cann 1998:120

Holotype: AMS 59553 (Shea & Sadlier 1999:18; photographed in the original description, p. 120, and Cann & Sadlier 2017:297); paratypes (6), AMS 59538-39, 59544, and 143554; and QM J59429 (formerly AMS 59545) and J59426 (formerly AMS 59549)(Shea & Sadlier 1999:18; listed as QM J58417 and 58420 by Cann & Sadlier 2017:296).

Emydura macquarii gunabarra Cann 1998:123

Holotype: AMS 143596 (Shea & Sadlier 1999:18; photographed in the original description, p. 123, and Cann & Sadlier 2017:302); paratypes (3), AMS 143555, 143557 and 143597 (Shea & Sadlier 1999:18).

Emydura macquarii dharuk Cann 1998:126

Holotype: AMS 143598 (Shea & Sadlier 1999:18; photographed in the original description, p. 127, and Cann & Sadlier 2017:308); paratypes (2), AMS 143556 (not 143557 as in the original description, or 143597 as in Cann & Sadlier 2017:309) and 143599 (Shea & Sadlier 1999:18).

Chelymys windorah Wells & Wellington 1985:8.

Holotype: AZM 104; no paratypes designated.

Emydura macquarii emmotti Cann, McCord, & Joseph-Ouni in McCord, Cann, & Joseph-Ouni 2003:60

Holotype: QM J51255 (photographed in the original description, p. 61, and in Cann & Sadlier 2017:323); paratypes (4), QM J72280, J35338 - 39, and J545414.

Notes

Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 7, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH
Material sample ID
BMNH 1947.3
Event date
1840-12-09
Verbatim event date
1840-12-09
Scientific name authorship
Cann & Legler
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Testudines
Family
Chelidae
Genus
Elusor
Species
macrurus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Elusor macrurus Cann, 1994 sec. Iverson, 2022

References

  • Shea, G. M. & Sadlier, R. A. (1999) A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum, 15, 1 - 91. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 1031 - 8062.15.1999.1290
  • Cann, J. (1998) Australian Freshwater Turtles. Beaumont Publications, Singapore, 292 pp.
  • Cann, J. & Sadlier, R. (2017) Freshwater Turtles of Australia. ECO Wear and Publishing, Rodeo, New Mexico, 448 pp.
  • Cogger, H. G., Cameron, E. E. & Cogger, H. M. (1983) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol 1. Amphibia and Reptilia. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 313 pp.
  • Goode, J. (1967) Freshwater Tortoises of Australia and New Guinea (in the Family Chelidae). Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 154 pp.
  • Kehlmaier, C., Zhang, X., Georges, A., Campbell, P. D., Thomson, S. & Fritz, U. (2019) Mitogenomics of historical type specimens of Australasian turtles: clarification of taxonomic confusion and old mitochondrial introgression. Scientific Reports, 9 (5841), 1 - 12. https: // doi. org / 10.1038 / s 41598 - 019 - 42310 - x
  • Fritz, U., Obst, F. & Gunther, R. (1994) Kritischer Typen- Katalog der Schildkrotensammlung (Reptilia: Testudines) des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologisches Museum und Institut fur Spezielle Zoologie Berlin, 70 (1), 157 - 175. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnz. 19940700110
  • Wells, R. W. & Wellington, C. R. (1985) A classification of the amphibian and reptilian of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Service, 1, 1 - 61. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / AJZS 113