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The exact locality from which an orignal type specimen came. unicuspid - A tooth bearing only a single cusp. In shrew the term refers to the series of three, four, or five small pointed teeth in the jaws behind the enlarged anterior pair.
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a site were the first specimens of a mineral were discovered and identified as a new mineral species
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The location from which the first described specimen of a species/subspecies was from.
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The collecting locality of the type specimen.
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the locality from where the holotype specimen of a species originated
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The geographic and stratigraphic place where the name-bearing type of a species or subspecies was collected
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The geographical place of capture or collection of the name-bearing type of a nominal species or subspecies. If the name-bearing type was captured or collected after being transported by boat, vehicle, aircraft, or other human or mechanical means, the type locality is the place from which it, or its wild progenitor, began its unnatural journey.
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The geographic location where the primary type was collected.
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