Paleontological Type Specimens

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