paratype

American  

[par-uh-tahyp] / ˈpær əˌtaɪp /

noun

Biology.

1. a specimen other than a type specimen that is used for the original description of a taxonomic group and specifically stated to be the one on which the original description of the taxon was based.

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Other Word Forms

• paratypic adjective

Example Sentences

But as confirmed by Taquet and an unpublished field map from the expedition, the Venice Ouranosaurus contains at least part of what paleontologists call a paratype – the second skeleton that was used to initially name the dinosaur. 

From Scientific American

The mount contains at least some bones from the paratype, but there could be others in the mix.

From Scientific American

Our holotype and paratype specimens of Acamptonectes are from the Hauterivian.

From Scientific American

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

Another paratype in the private collection of C. J. Goin from Ca�o Tu�, between Mit� and Raudal de Yurupari, Comisaria de Vaup�s, Colombia, was not examined.

From Project Gutenberg