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type locality

1. Biology The place or source where a holotype or type specimen was found.

2. Geology The place or region in which a rock, series of rock, or formation is typically exposed.

type locality

1. The place or source where a holotype or type species was first found and recognized.

2. The place or region chosen as a standard of reference when describing a type of mineral, rock, series of rocks, or formation. The type locality is the place where that particular type occurs in its most classic form.

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topotype			2009) compared samples of Olympia oysters from Sinaloa, Mexico (near the type locality of Ostrea conchaphila Carpenter 1857), Willapa Bay, WA (the type locality of Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864), and from several other intermediate locations. The Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864 along the west coast ... by McGraw, Katherine A. / Journal of Shellfish Research The type locality for Strosipherus was indicated by Pander as Leo (present name Loo), Saaremaa Island, Estonia. Late Silurian--early Devonian tessellated heterostracan Oniscolepis ... by Marss, Tiiu; Karatajute-Talimaa, Valentina / Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences Guam is the type locality of Ceratopteris gaudichaudii Brongn. Three Forms of Ceratopteris thalictroides in Guam by Masuyama, Shigeo / American Fern Journal			Tyner Tyneside Tynwald Tyny typ. typal type type 1 diabetes type 2 diabetes type A type AB type B type bar type family type founder Type foundry type genus type I allergic reaction type I diabetes type I error type II diabetes type II error type in type IV allergic reaction type load type locality type metal type O type of architecture type out type site type slug type species type specimen type unit type unit data file type up Type wheel type-cast type-high typebar typecase typecast typeface types of burst typescript typeset typesetter typesetter's case typesetting typesetting machine			Type III site-specific deoxyribonuclease type in type in Type in traffic Type inference Type Inspection Authorization Type Inspection Report type into type IS mucopolysaccharidosis type IV type IV type IV type IV type IV allergic reaction type IV cement Type IV collagen type IV familial hyperlipoproteinemia Type IV Hypersensitivity Type IV Hypersensitivity Type IV Hypersensitivity type IV mucopolysaccharidosis Type IV Secretion System Type Library Type Library Header type load Type Load Editor Type locale Type locale type localities type localities type locality Type Maintenance Type Maintenance Code type metal type metal TYPE MNT/PMT Type Model Series Type Model Series Designator TYPE MSN type O Type O blood Type O blood Type O Negative Type O Negative Type of Activity Code Type of Address Type of Address Code Type of airbrush Type of airbrush Type of airbrush being used Type of airbrush being used type of architecture Type of Assistance Type of Assistance Code Type of Bill Type of Business Type of Change Code Type Of Crime Type of Failure type of flip flop named for Jack Kilby

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