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holotype

[ UK /hˈɒlətˌa‍ɪp/ ]
NOUN
  1. the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made

How To Use holotype In A Sentence

  • Additional character state information was also incorporated from descriptions of holotypes and additional fossil material.
  • Theretairus (Simpson 1926) is known from two specimens (the holotype is a single dentary from Como Bluff), although some consider it to be a juvenile form of Opisthias. The Tuatara -- The Fastest Evolving Animal
  • The holotype of this species might be a juvenile as there are larger specimens in our collection.
  • The holotype and largest fragment of the new species is 59 mm high.
  • MCZ 1102, the holotype skull of Triceratops "eurycepahlus" Shlaikjer 1935 (now considered conspecific with T. horridus). Howard Hughes Wanders Out Among the Artifacts
  • The holotype has a lower, flat band along the outer margins of the calyx and, as it is interiorly filled with sediments, shows considerable relief in the middle part.
  • We place Barssidinium wrennii in synonymy with B. pliocenicum based on the new observations of our Belgian specimens, the reexamination of the type material of B. pliocenicum, and new information on the holotype of B. wrennii.
  • After restudy of the holotype and some topotypes, however, Xinjiangoceras Wang, 1983 had been suppressed as a junior synonym of the Triassic genus Procarnites Arthaber, 1911.
  • Impressions on the internal mold of the holotype show at least two denticulations at intervals on the inside of the outer lip.
  • Furthermore, the holotype also shows that only the first pair of sternites (posterior to the genital operculum) are unfused.
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