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 • Apr. 2, 2024

Enormous boulders litter the Kalamilotra River channel, type locality of yet another damba, known locally as tsimoly.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2011

Wah Springs, the type locality of wahwahensis, are on the summit of a low pass in the Wah Wah Mountains in the desert of west central Utah.

From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.

Pocket gophers were found only at the type locality, Swasey Spring, which is well above the highest level of the Pleistocene Lake Bonneville.

From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.

Utah Lake and its outlet, the Jordan River, make a partial barrier between populations at Fairfield and at the type locality at Provo.

From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.