The Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology at the University of Allberta houses type specimens of fossil fishes. This book is a catalogue of these specimens. Included for each entry is taxonomy, detailed collection locality information, the citation wherein the species was originally described, and a list of individual type specimens. This is the first list ever compiled of the fossil fish types deposited in the collections of the University of Alberta Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology (UALVP). This collection contains 88 fish holotypes, 966 fish paratypes, 55 casts of fish holotypes from other museums, and 20 casts of fish paratypes from other museums.Key selling features:List all of the type specimens of fossil fishes currently housed in the collection of the Laboratory of Vertebrate Paleontology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.Provides details of all 88 holotypes and nearly 1000 paratypes as well as casts of types specimens held in other museum collections.Includes information on unpublished "types" - type specimens of not yet described new species.
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The Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology at the University of Allberta houses type specimens of fossil fishes. This book is a catalogue of these specimens. Included for each entry is taxonomy, detailed collection locality information, the citation wherein the species was originally described, and a list of individual type specimens.
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Individual entries are arranged taxonomically and alphabetically

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781032653624
Publisert
2023-10-02
Utgiver
Vendor
CRC Press
Vekt
240 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
178

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Biographical note

John Clay Bruner is based at the Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.