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
Cotypes: are all the specimens before the describer when a species is named, no single one being selected as the type: the type in such case equals the sum of the cotypes: see paratype.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
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.
Gaige's illustration of the holotype shows that it has a greatly reduced pattern, whereas the paratype and three of the other five known specimens have relatively large and numerous spots.
From Systematic Status of a South American Frog, Allophryne ruthveni Gaige by Lynch, John D.
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