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A note on the location of the type specimens of vertebrates from Brazil described by Cope in 1886

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

A. E. Longbottom
A. E. Longbottom*
Affiliation:
Department of Palaeontology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England
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Extract

There has been some confusion in the literature regarding the present location of the type specimens of species described by Cope in 1886, which has resulted in the unnecessary erection of a neotype (Grande, 1982) for one of these species. This note is an attempt to trace the fate of these Brazilian specimens based on archival material in the Palaeontological Library of the British Museum (Natural History) (BMNH).

Type
Paleontological Notes
Information
Journal of Paleontology , Volume 62 , Issue 5 , September 1988 , pp. 828 - 832
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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