Type specimens of fossil fishes : catalogue of the University of Alberta Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology / John Clay Bruner, Department of Biological Sciences University of Alberta.

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Bruner, John Clay

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2019.Description: xi, 166 p. ; pbk. : 24 cmISBN:

9780367026424
9780429676543
9780429398582
9780429676550
9780429676536

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Type specimens of fossil fishesDDC classification:

567 23 BRU

Summary: 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 Includes information on unpublished "types" - type specimens of not yet described new species.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Sciences	Non-fiction	567 BRU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		48082

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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