paratype
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The mount contains at least some bones from the paratype, but there could be others in the mix.
From Scientific American • Jul. 16, 2017
A second Speeton Clay specimen, discovered in 1985, is in the collections of the Natural History Museum in London and was used by us as a second paratype.
From Scientific American • Jan. 3, 2012
Our holotype and paratype specimens of Acamptonectes are from the Hauterivian.
From Scientific American • Jan. 3, 2012
The paratype is an adult male, having a snout-vent length of 26.3 mm., and agrees with the holotype in proportions.
From Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V by Duellman, William E.
As may be seen from table 1, the alleged type of R. tumida and the alleged paratype of R. parvula indicate the opposite!
From Taxonomic Notes on Mexican Bats of the Genus Rhogeessa by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
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