A Study of Fossil Vertebrate Types in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: Taxonomic, Systematic, and Historical Perspectives |
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... present publication , about animals that walked , flew , swam , and crept , is one more contribution to the record . Museums are becoming increasingly more aware of the necessity not only of the preservation of speci- mens , but also ...
... present publication , about animals that walked , flew , swam , and crept , is one more contribution to the record . Museums are becoming increasingly more aware of the necessity not only of the preservation of speci- mens , but also ...
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... present location , constructing a building which served as the nucleus of the present structure overlooking Logan Circle , at the center of Philadelphia's cultural avenue , the Benjamin Franklin Parkway . The Acade- my is the oldest ...
... present location , constructing a building which served as the nucleus of the present structure overlooking Logan Circle , at the center of Philadelphia's cultural avenue , the Benjamin Franklin Parkway . The Acade- my is the oldest ...
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... present are Miocene cetaceans from the Calvert Group of Maryland and Virginia , especially reflecting the work of E. D. Cope . Most numerous are Pleistocene mammals from several localities , including Port Kennedy Cave , Montgomery ...
... present are Miocene cetaceans from the Calvert Group of Maryland and Virginia , especially reflecting the work of E. D. Cope . Most numerous are Pleistocene mammals from several localities , including Port Kennedy Cave , Montgomery ...
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... present name in 1769. In its earliest minutes are some of the first records of vertebrate fossils in America ( see in American Philosophical Society 1884 ) , specimens that were brought into the Society's meetings as scientific ...
... present name in 1769. In its earliest minutes are some of the first records of vertebrate fossils in America ( see in American Philosophical Society 1884 ) , specimens that were brought into the Society's meetings as scientific ...
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... present work was commenced in 1870 , at which time the amount of materials as subjects of investigation and description was comparatively small . A constant accession of new materials , beyond all anticipation , has greatly extended the ...
... present work was commenced in 1870 , at which time the amount of materials as subjects of investigation and description was comparatively small . A constant accession of new materials , beyond all anticipation , has greatly extended the ...
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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