RE: Labrosaurus (was RE: birds and dinosaurs)

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Tim Williams
>
> Mickey Mortimer wrote:
>
> >A paratype has to be part of the type series, reported in the same
> >publication as the holotype.  Being discovered in 1884, it is impossible
> >for
> >USNM 4734 to be paratype of Allosaurus fragilis, which was named in 1877.
> >Chure (2000) does designate it as the topotype, however.
>
> Yes, you're right.  In this case, the topotype and neotype are not yet
> official, since both must await formal publication.
>
Actually, the "paratype" (technically a topotype, as Chure points out) and
the (unnecessary) neotype were officially indicated in Madsen (1976, p. 10).

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