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MCZ Herpetology R-37172

Apalone spinifera aspera (Agassiz, 1857)

Holotype of Platypeltis agassizii

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1873-12-14

North America: United States: Georgia | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-37172 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Herpetology R-37172

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Media type: image; Herpetology R-37172

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Current Identification
Apalone spinifera aspera (Agassiz, 1857)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Trionychoidea Trionychidae
Common Name(s): Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell; Gulf Coast spiny softshell turtle
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Catalog/1997
Previous Identification
Amyda ferox
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Trionychoidea Trionychidae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1997

Baur 1888, page 1121, Holotype of Platypeltis agassizii Baur, 1888 type not specified but supported by later text
Stejneger 1944, page 72, Voucher of Platypeltis
Media type: text; Baur 1888 Description: The American Naturalist, volume 22;

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Shows Publication: Baur 1888 Description: The American Naturalist, volume 22

Media type: text; Stejneger 1944 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XCIV no. 1;

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Shows Publication: Stejneger 1944 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XCIV no. 1

  • muse location number: ZR37172

Part Condition Disposition Count
skeleton (dry) fair in collection 1 History
Remarks: disarticulated
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: dried soft tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-03-16
subsampled by=Rina Morisawa   determined date=2022-03-04   determined by=Rina Morisawa  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2022-03-16

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Georgia
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007248 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Ga.
  • Georeference:
  • 32.8064970, -83.451660 (Error radius: 314000m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-10-05 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1873-12-14
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • No info on begin date. Received from Louis Agassiz, so new end date from Agassiz's DOD
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

  • None

Media type: text; Herpetology R-37151; R-37152; R-37153; R-37154; R-37155; R-37156; R-37157; R-37158; R-37159; R-37160; R-37161; R-37162; R-37163; R-37164; R-37165; R-37166; R-37167; R-37168; R-37169; R-37170; R-37171; R-37172; R-37173; R-37174; R-37175; R-37176; R-37177; R-37178; R-37179; R-37180; R-37181; R-37182; R-37183; R-37184; R-37185; R-37186; R-37187; R-37188; R-37189; R-37190; R-37191; R-37192; R-37193; R-37194; R-37195; R-37196; R-37197; R-37198; R-37199; R-37200 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 032001-044000, pg.104;

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Ledger Entry for:
MCZ:Herp:R-37151 Clelia clelia clelia
MCZ:Herp:R-37152 Tantilla ruficeps
MCZ:Herp:R-37153 Xenodon colubrinus
MCZ:Herp:R-37154 Micrurus mipartilis ...

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