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Original
Description |
Gray 1873f : 157 |
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Type
Locality |
"neighbourhood of Shanghai", China [PRC] |
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Holotype |
BMNH 1946.1.22.9 (formerly 73.7.30.125) and its skull, which is numbered separately as BMNH 1947.3.6.13 |
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Original name |
Oscaria swinhoei |
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Common
name |
Shanghai Softshell Turtle |
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Distribution |
Known only from the Shanghai River and Tai Hu Lake, in the vicinity of Shanghai, China (PRC) |
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Comments |
Removed from the synonymy of Trionyx [= Pelodiscus] sinensis by Meylan and Webb (1988:118); see also Boulenger (1889), Pritchard (1979), and Meylan (1987). Includes Pelochelys taihuensis Zhang (1984:71), according to R. Bour, P. A. Meylan, and R. G. Webb (pers. comm.). |
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