A Study of Fossil Vertebrate Types in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: Taxonomic, Systematic, and Historical Perspectives |
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... formation ; ) a general collection of British fossils , containing 9402 specimens , comprising 2935 species ; ( this collection includes the selected specimens from the cabinet of the late Miss Bennett [ sic ] , of England ; ) a ...
... formation ; ) a general collection of British fossils , containing 9402 specimens , comprising 2935 species ; ( this collection includes the selected specimens from the cabinet of the late Miss Bennett [ sic ] , of England ; ) a ...
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... Formation in Pennsylvania ; repre- sentative material from some of the classic European localities ; and specimens from the Newark Supergroup of eastern North America , the Green River Formation principally of Wyoming , and Mount ...
... Formation in Pennsylvania ; repre- sentative material from some of the classic European localities ; and specimens from the Newark Supergroup of eastern North America , the Green River Formation principally of Wyoming , and Mount ...
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... formations are exposed , fossils and pebbles are washed from their bed , and form part of the shingle of the shore , and ... formation or period , whether Eocene , Post- Pleiocene , or Recent , the fossils collected on the Ashley shores ...
... formations are exposed , fossils and pebbles are washed from their bed , and form part of the shingle of the shore , and ... formation or period , whether Eocene , Post- Pleiocene , or Recent , the fossils collected on the Ashley shores ...
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... Formations . The first fossils to be studied from these beds were not taken by paleontolo- gists in the field , but were ... Formation ( Cretaceous ) , in Montana and in Alberta , Canada , is today well stud- ied , a productive source ...
... Formations . The first fossils to be studied from these beds were not taken by paleontolo- gists in the field , but were ... Formation ( Cretaceous ) , in Montana and in Alberta , Canada , is today well stud- ied , a productive source ...
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... Formation , Locality , No. EOCENE . Tyke- D ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA , INVERTEBRATE PALEO . COLLECTION No./az/ 10341-10346 ملحمة None Palaensyops miner Earle Age - formation Excene Bridger Locality , Henry's Fork of ...
... Formation , Locality , No. EOCENE . Tyke- D ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA , INVERTEBRATE PALEO . COLLECTION No./az/ 10341-10346 ملحمة None Palaensyops miner Earle Age - formation Excene Bridger Locality , Henry's Fork of ...
Contents
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MAMMALIA OF TERRESTRIAL HABITAT Excluding Cetacea | 163 |
MAMMALIA OF MARINE HABITAT Cetacea | 265 |
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ICHNOFOSSILIA | 287 |
GUIDELINES | 295 |
Adequate and Inadequate Descriptions | 297 |
The Individual Defines a Type Specimen | 298 |
Determination of Types Among Multiple Lots | 299 |
Mixed Lots | 300 |
Originally Available Specimens Constituting Type Material | 301 |
Determining the Extent of the Original Type Lot | 303 |
Revised Interpretation of Type Status Questionable Status as Type Material | 304 |
Interpretation of Lectotype Designations | 306 |
Identity of Holotype Obscured and Invalid Lectotypification | 307 |
Type Status Unaffected by Systematic Placement or Age | 308 |
Determination of Original Spelling and Place of Publication | 309 |
Invalid Neotype Designation Recovery of Holotype Following Designation of Neotype | 310 |
Correctable Errors Unjustified Emendation of Names | 311 |
Simultaneous Publication | 312 |
Valid Publication | 313 |
Methods of Citation | 314 |
UTILIZING THE LIBRARY AND THE CODEAN EXAMPLE | 318 |
SYSTEMATICS AND TAXONOMY IN A TYPE COLLECTION | 319 |
CONCLUSION | 321 |
LITERATURE CITED WITH CLASSIFIED LISTS OF TAXA FOR WHICH ANSP HOLDS TYPE SPECIMENS | 323 |
REGISTER OF ANSP SPECIMENS CITED IN THIS PUBLICATION | 383 |
INDEX | 403 |
Common terms and phrases
1856f Mammalia-terrestrial Academy of Natural American Philosophical Society ANSP label antiquus BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES binomen BMNH Bock bone Bridger citation cited collection Cope County Cretaceous Dicotyles EARLIER REFERENCES Elasmosaurus Eocene Falconer & Cautley figs figured in pl Formation fossil fragment genus Geological Gillette gracilis Harlan Hayden haysii holotype holotype is figured indicated Jersey label reads Laelaps LeConte lectotype left mandibular ramus Leidy's lithographs lower jaw Lydekker Mammalia Mammalia-marine Mammalia-terrestrial mandibular ramus containing Mastodon maxilla Megalonyx Miocene molar Mosasaurus Museum Myliobatis Natural History Natural Sciences Niobrara River once been glued Oreodon Original binomen written original description original label ORIGINAL MATERIAL PARALECTOTYPE paratype photographs Pisces PLASTER CAST plate Platygonus Pleistocene Port Kennedy portion Proceedings REMARKS Reptilia right mandibular ramus River Sciences of Philadelphia skull Spamer & Daeschler species stratigraphic provenance SUBSEQUENT REFERENCES synonym synonymy SYNTYPE Tapirus teeth terrestrial text-fig tion tooth Trouessart type material type specimens upper vertebra
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