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Occurrence record: Herpetology:D54542

Preserved specimen of Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) | Leathery Turtle
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number D54542
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Herpetology:PreservedSpecimen:D54542
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skeleton|Dry
Collector UNKNOWN OR ANONYMOUS  
Supplied as "Unknown"
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Country conservation Endangered
State conservation Vulnerable
Supplied as V

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1978, Month: 12, Day:
Supplied as year:1978  month:12 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Reptilia | Anapsida | Testudines | Cryptodira | Chelonioidea | Dermochelyidae
Scientific name Dermochelys coriacea
Supplied scientific name "Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Leathery Turtle
Supplied common name "Leatherback Turtle"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Testudines
Family Dermochelyidae
Genus Dermochelys
Species Dermochelys coriacea
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Vandelli, 1761)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Supplied as: "Victoria"
Locality 30 km S of Lorne
Latitude -34.65
Supplied as: "-34.65"
Longitude 138.22
Supplied as: "138.22"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality 30 km S of Lorne
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol estimated
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 5e51c9fe-88d3-4761-8091-208e926b0546
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -34.65,138.22
    Related records
    Record UUID c40818ca-c271-4677-9599-dbf694eb4945
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -34.65,138.22

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    NRM Regions 2017 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions St Vincent Gulf
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)