type locality

American  

noun

1. Biology. the locality in which a type specimen was collected.

2. Geology. the place at which a type section is located.

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type locality Scientific  

1. The place or source where a holotype or type species was first found and recognized.

2. The place or region chosen as a standard of reference when describing a type of mineral, rock, series of rocks, or formation. The type locality is the place where that particular type occurs in its most classic form.

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Example Sentences

It was described alongside another new species, Cnemaspis sathuragiriensis, which was named for its type locality the Sathuragiri Hills.

From Salon

This summer, geologists even settled on a “type locality” for the Anthropocene marker: Crawford Lake, Ontario.

From Los Angeles Times

It is the rarer north eastern populations that will keep the original scientific name of Leopardus tigrinus because they live geographically closer to the type locality and the more common southern form that will acquire the newly recognised scientific name of Leopardus guttulus.

From BBC

Paris, 1:17, type locality restricted to 3 mi.

From Project Gutenberg

Distribution in Tamaulipas.—Known only from the type locality and from parts of the barrier beach, but possibly occurs at other places in northeastern parts of state.

From Project Gutenberg