Paleontological Type Specimens
Paleontological Type Specimens
Paleontological Type Specimens
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14 PALEONTOLOGICAL TYPE CATALOGUE<br />
Illustrations (text-figures and/or figures on plates) accompanying the original<br />
description are quoted at the appropriate entry, if the specimen is identified<br />
as the figured one. Unmatched illustrations from the original description of a<br />
taxon are listed in parentheses in the first catalogue entry of that taxon.<br />
If we became aware of a published revision, either nomenclatural, or changing<br />
the species-level identification or the generic assignment of the taxon concerned,<br />
we include the revised name and provide the reference code of the revising<br />
work. In some cases both the first occurrence of a revised combination<br />
and the most recent redescription of the revised taxon are quoted. However, it<br />
was beyond the scope of this project to research the validity or nomenclatural<br />
status of each taxa.<br />
Any additional information may appear as remarks in the last line of an<br />
item. Remarks may include reference to a different inventory number in the<br />
original publication, notes on the type designation, or the availability of the<br />
specimen. <strong>Type</strong>s known with certainty to be vanished are classified as lost.<br />
A special remark applies to many specimens known to have been destroyed in<br />
1956. The probability of loss may also be indicated. <strong>Type</strong>s may be reported<br />
missing either with or without a current inventory number. In the first case the<br />
specimen was definitely in the collection after 1956 and has a higher chance of<br />
rediscovery.<br />
To facilitate finding information on taxa, the catalogue is followed by an<br />
index of all invertebrate and vertebrate species and subspecies names. Here an<br />
original name (using emended spelling if needed) is followed by the originally<br />
published bi- or trinomen, the author’s name, and the page number on which<br />
the first catalogue entry of this taxon appears.<br />
Although significant care was taken to compile a comprehensive catalogue<br />
that contains accurate information, errors and omissions are almost inevitable<br />
in an endavour of this scale. Therefore users of this catalogue are encouraged to<br />
report any suggested correction and/or addition to the authors or the Department<br />
of Geology and Paleontology.<br />
Acknowledgements<br />
Special thanks to Zsuzsanna MOLNÁR for the tireless search for types in the collections,<br />
inventory books and literature, for her dedicated work in data entry,<br />
editing and layout, and for a relentless strive for accuracy. Our fellow curators,<br />
István FŐZY, Tibor KECSKEMÉTI, János SZABÓ and Attila VÖRÖS provided indispensable<br />
help in the collection under their care. Mariann BOSNAKOFF assisted<br />
in assigning type horizons to lithostratigraphic formations and in library<br />
searches. Attila ŐSI is thanked for his support and valuable expertise in vertebrate<br />
anatomy. The unpublished card catalogue of our retired colleague István<br />
Zoltán NAGY was used as a starting point in our compilation. Eszter HANKÓ