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Claudius angustatus Cope 1865

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Description

Claudius angustatus Cope 1865:187

Holotype: USNM 6518 (photographed in Smith & Smith 1980:905); parts of same specimen were originally catalogued as USNM 6518 and 6525 (Cochran 1961:230, but both are now catalogued under USNM 6518 (Reynolds et al. 2007:24).

Claudius megalocephalus Bocourt 1868: 122

Holotype: MNHN 1600 (Smith & Smith 1980:34).

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 48, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Cope
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Testudines
Family
Kinosternidae
Genus
Claudius
Species
angustatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Claudius angustatus Cope, 1865 sec. Iverson, 2022

References

  • Smith, H. M. & Smith, R. B. (1980 [" 1979 "]) Synopsis of the herptofauna of Mexico. Volume VI. Guide to Mexican turtles. Bibliographic addendum III. John Johnson, North Bennington, Vermont, 1044 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1444548
  • Cochran, D. M. (1961) Type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the United States National Museum. United States National Museum Bulletin, 220, 1 - 291. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.220
  • Reynolds, R. P., Gotte, S. W. & Ernst, C. H. (2007) Catalog of type specimens of Recent Crocodilia and Testudines in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 626, 1 - 49. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.626
  • Bocourt, M. F. (1868) Description de quelques cheloniens nouveaux appartenant a la faune Mexicaine. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paleontologie, Paris, (5) 10, 121 - 122.