Annales Musei historico-naturalis hungarici

Author(s): Pálfy, J.
Title: Review of invertebrate and vertebrate paleontological types in the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum
Year: 2009
Volume: 101
Pages: 5-22.

Abstract: The Hungarian Natural History Museum recently published a catalogue of invertebrate and vertebrate type specimens in its collection. This listing, which contains 2,017 inventory lots and 1,181 fossil species-group taxa, is analyzed here. Ranking of authors and distribution of types by year of description, taxonomic groups, geologic age, geographic and stratigraphic origin are annotated. Most of the observed patterns are correlated with the scientific activities of the most productive authors. Key areas of strengths of the type collection include Paleogene foraminifers, Paleogene and Neogene molluscs and decapod crustaceans, and Quaternary mammals. Taxonomic revisions have been ongoing and more work is needed on some parts of the collection. The catalogue supersedes the relevant part of a previous listing compiled by BODA and published in 1964, and significantly surpasses its information content. With 14 figures.
Keywords: catalogue, type specimen, invertebrate paleontology, vertebrate paleontology, revision
Subject: palaeontology

Journal: Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici
Journal abbreviation: Annls hist.-nat. Mus. nat. hung.
ISSN: 0521-4726
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Matskási, I. & Merkl, O.