Definitions for "Type specimen"
The original collection of an organism on which the description of a new species is based.
Individual organism or parts of an organism used to define a species. Tyrannosauridae Clade of saurischian dinosaurs, placed with clades Theropoda, Tetanurae, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Maniraptoriformes, and Arctometatarsalia.
the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made