Definition of Holotype. Meaning of Holotype. Synonyms of Holotype

- A holotype (Latin: holotypus) is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally...
- nomenclatural type when there was no holotype specified or the holotype has been lost or destro**** isotype – a duplicate of the holotype syntype – any specimen (or...
- and 22 meters (59 and 72 ft) long; body m**** estimates of the subadult holotype specimen range from 28.3 to 46.9 metric tons (31.2 to 51.7 short tons)...
- Museum of Natural History Stuttgart. In 1996, the specimen became the holotype of the type species Irritator challengeri. The genus name comes from the...
- Marsh, but more likely was used solely for display. The first specimen, holotype USNM 4735, was discovered and excavated by farmer Marshall Parker ****...
- Oviraptor is only known from a single partial skeleton regarded as the holotype, as well as a nest of about fifteen eggs and several small fragments from...
- Late Cretaceous period, approximately 99.6 to 95 million years ago. The holotype specimen was discovered in the Candeleros Formation of Patagonia in 1993...
- oldest known monofenestratan pterosaur in the fossil record. The Melkamter holotype specimen, MPEF-PV 11530, was discovered in sediments of the Cañadón Asfalto...
- fossa suggest that Andrewsarchus likely had a fairly weak bite force. The holotype of Andrewsarchus mongoliensis is a mostly complete cranium (specimen number...
- teeth of two skulls ****igned to A. magniventris differed from those of the holotype specimen in some details, and though he expressed a "considerate temptation"...