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Emphasis on holotype (?).

J M SCHOPF
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The description of new species should not be confined to physical description of a holotype. One specimen cannot include all characters or be typical of any taxon. The holotype serves only a nomenclatural function and might also be termed the name-bearer (nomenifer) to avoid confusion of "type specimen" with "typical specimen."

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J M SCHOPF. 1960-04-08. Emphasis on holotype (?).. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.131.3406.1043

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