A Study of Fossil Vertebrate Types in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: Taxonomic, Systematic, and Historical Perspectives |
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... fragment of a maxillary bone , consisting indeed of little more than the thin internal surface " ( pl . 17 , fig . 3 ) ... fragments , on one of which is written " 6 " . These fragments are not broken from the figured specimen ( as ...
... fragment of a maxillary bone , consisting indeed of little more than the thin internal surface " ( pl . 17 , fig . 3 ) ... fragments , on one of which is written " 6 " . These fragments are not broken from the figured specimen ( as ...
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... Fragment of a an inferior dental plate . " [ The figure is not exactly true to the specimen , but the specimen is recognizable . ] Woodward ( 1889 : 131 ) -Mesobatis eximius . Leriche ( 1942 : 61 ) -Mesobatis eximius . The name is ...
... Fragment of a an inferior dental plate . " [ The figure is not exactly true to the specimen , but the specimen is recognizable . ] Woodward ( 1889 : 131 ) -Mesobatis eximius . Leriche ( 1942 : 61 ) -Mesobatis eximius . The name is ...
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... fragment ( ? ) . St. Louis , Missouri . Lower Carboniferous . ORIGINAL MATERIAL . This species was erected by ... fragment of right intermaxillary bone ; 5868 , tooth ; 7968 + 7969 fragment of left intermaxillary bone ( 7969 ) and ...
... fragment ( ? ) . St. Louis , Missouri . Lower Carboniferous . ORIGINAL MATERIAL . This species was erected by ... fragment of right intermaxillary bone ; 5868 , tooth ; 7968 + 7969 fragment of left intermaxillary bone ( 7969 ) and ...
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... fragment of the right intermaxillary bone , with the roots of two large teeth , and a row of small , uncompressed , conical teeth at the outer margin " [ 5298 ] , and " a fragment of a palatal bone , with one large conical tooth having ...
... fragment of the right intermaxillary bone , with the roots of two large teeth , and a row of small , uncompressed , conical teeth at the outer margin " [ 5298 ] , and " a fragment of a palatal bone , with one large conical tooth having ...
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... fragment , numbered 5544 , attaches to this added piece , forming the upper right part of the figured specimen as ... fragments ( in matrix ) ( Bock no . 902 ) . Gill and Wood Quarry , Fairview Village , Montgomery County , Pennsylvania ...
... fragment , numbered 5544 , attaches to this added piece , forming the upper right part of the figured specimen as ... fragments ( in matrix ) ( Bock no . 902 ) . Gill and Wood Quarry , Fairview Village , Montgomery County , Pennsylvania ...
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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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