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Holotype of Platypeltis agassizii

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1873-12-14

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

Media type: image; Herpetology R-37172

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Herp:R-37172 Apalone spinifera aspera Holotype

Media type: image; Herpetology R-37172

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Herp:R-37172 Apalone spinifera aspera Holotype

Media type: image; Herpetology R-37172

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Herp:R-37172 Apalone spinifera aspera Holotype

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
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
  • 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]

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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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