Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Platysternidae
Genus: Platysternon
Species: Platysternon megacephalum
Subspecies: Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum

Name

• Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum Gray 1831:107
  • Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.7.42
  • Type locality: "in China"

Synonymy

• Platysternon megacephalum Gray 1831:107
  • Platysternon megacephalus Hardwicke & Gray 1835
  • Platysternon Megacephalum Duméril & Bibron 1835: 344
  • Platysternum megacephalum Boulenger 1889
  • Platysternon platycephalum Mertens 1959 (ex errore)
  • Platysternum megalocephalum Stanek 1959 (ex errore)
  • Platysternon macrocephalus Agassiz 1960 (fide Pidoplicko & Tarascuk)
  • Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum Wermuth 1960
  • Platysternon megacephalum tristernalis Schleich & Gruber 1984
  • Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum Cox et al. 1998: 124
  • Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum Ziegler 2002: 154
  • Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum TTWG 2010
  • Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum TTWG 2014
  • Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum TTWG 2017

References

• Gray, J.E. 1831. Characters of a new genus of freshwater tortoise from China. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1831: 106-107
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.) 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs 5: 329–479. PDF. Reference page. 
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B. & van Dijk, P.P.). 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 7: 1–292. ISBN 978-1-5323-5026-9. DOI: 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. . Full article (PDF). Reference page.