Platemys macrocephala Rhodin, Mittermeier & Mcmorris, 1984

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Rhodin, A. G. J., Mittermeier, R. A., & Mcmorris, J. R. Platemys macrocephala, a new species of chelid turtle from central Bolivia and the pantanal region of Brazil.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Testudines

family

Chelidae

genus

Acanthochelys

species

Acanthochelys macrocephala

Name

Homonyms

Platemys macrocephala Rhodin, Mittermeier & Mcmorris, 1984

Bibliographic References

1. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.], 2021: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8. x + 472.
2. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.