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Holotype jaw fragment of Banguela oberlii (or Thalassodromeus, inaccurately referred to as T. sethi in source[1]) with cross-section (line of section indicated by red line).
Taxa Banguela

Holotype jaw fragment of Banguela oberlii (or Thalassodromeus, inaccurately referred to as T. sethi in source[1]) with cross-section (line of section indicated by red line).

holotype Banguela Thalassodromeus
Cryonectes neustriacus MAE 2007.1.1(J), holotype; Upper Pliensbachian, Calvados,

France
Taxa Cryonectes

Cryonectes neustriacus MAE 2007.1.1(J), holotype; Upper Pliensbachian, Calvados, France

France Pliensbachian holotype Cryonectes
Holotype dome of Acrotholus on display at the Royal Ontarion Museum, Toronto
Taxa Acrotholus

Holotype dome of Acrotholus on display at the Royal Ontarion Museum, Toronto

museum holotype Acrotholus
Reconstruction of the holotype material of Silutitan sinensis (IVPP V27874), a Cretaceous euhelopid sauropod from the Chinese Shengjinkou Formation, scaled after Euhelopus zdanskyi. Silhouette modified from  "Euhelopus zdanskyi Skeletal" by Gunnar Bivens (CC BY 3.0) (https://www.deviantart.com/gunnarbivens/art/Euhelopus-zdanskyi-Skeletal-833724646)
Taxa Silutitan

Reconstruction of the holotype material of Silutitan sinensis (IVPP V27874), a Cretaceous euhelopid sauropod from the Chinese Shengjinkou Formation, scaled after Euhelopus zdanskyi. Silhouette modified from "Euhelopus zdanskyi Skeletal" by Gunnar Bivens (CC BY 3.0) (https://www.deviantart.com/gunnarbivens/art/Euhelopus-zdanskyi-Skeletal-833724646)

Cretaceous holotype Euhelopus Silutitan +1
Istiorachis macarthurae holotype (MIWG 6643). The anterior-most seven caudal vertebrae in left lateral view with neural spines reconstructed. Abbreviations: Cd, caudal vertebra; SC, sacrocaudal. Scale bar represents 50 mm.
Taxa Istiorachis

Istiorachis macarthurae holotype (MIWG 6643). The anterior-most seven caudal vertebrae in left lateral view with neural spines reconstructed. Abbreviations: Cd, caudal vertebra; SC, sacrocaudal. Scale bar represents 50 mm.

scale vertebra holotype Istiorachis
Photograph of the right dentary of the holotype (MNHAH D1-033516) of the hadrosaurid Yamatosaurus izanagii (Kobayashi et al. 2021). A is the lateral view; B is the medial view; C is the dorsal view; D is the ventral view; E is the anterior view. The white numbers (B) show the positions of nutrient foramina.
Taxa Yamatosaurus

Photograph of the right dentary of the holotype (MNHAH D1-033516) of the hadrosaurid Yamatosaurus izanagii (Kobayashi et al. 2021). A is the lateral view; B is the medial view; C is the dorsal view; D is the ventral view; E is the anterior view. The white numbers (B) show the positions of nutrient foramina.

holotype Hadrosauridae Yamatosaurus
Left lateral parietal bar of Stellasaurus ancellae holotype MOR 492 in dorsal and ventral views. EPS, epiparietosquamosal; PSC, parietosquamosal contact. Scale bar 10 cm. Parietal line drawing modified from Evans & Ryan [22], Public Library of Science (PLoS), used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
Taxa Stellasaurus

Left lateral parietal bar of Stellasaurus ancellae holotype MOR 492 in dorsal and ventral views. EPS, epiparietosquamosal; PSC, parietosquamosal contact. Scale bar 10 cm. Parietal line drawing modified from Evans & Ryan [22], Public Library of Science (PLoS), used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

scale drawing holotype Stellasaurus
A diagram showing the bones and feathering preserved in IVPP V 12638, the holotype of Yixianosaurus longimanus, a feathered dinosaur.
Taxa Yixianosaurus

A diagram showing the bones and feathering preserved in IVPP V 12638, the holotype of Yixianosaurus longimanus, a feathered dinosaur.

bone holotype Dinosauria Yixianosaurus
Skeletal reconstruction of Eotyrannus lengi IWCMS: 1997.550. New skeletal reconstruction of Eotyrannus lengi, depicting only those elements preserved in the holotype. The positions shown for some of the isolated vertebrae and ribs are conjectural. Scale bar: 100 cm.
Taxa Eotyrannus

Skeletal reconstruction of Eotyrannus lengi IWCMS: 1997.550. New skeletal reconstruction of Eotyrannus lengi, depicting only those elements preserved in the holotype. The positions shown for some of the isolated vertebrae and ribs are conjectural. Scale bar: 100 cm.

scale holotype Eotyrannus
Pachycostasaurus dawni holotype specimen
Taxa Pachycostasaurus

Pachycostasaurus dawni holotype specimen

holotype specimen Pachycostasaurus
Holotype of Jaculinykus yaruui gen. et sp. nov. (MPC-D 100/209). (A) Photograph of the specimen. (B) Explanatory drawing of (A). Highlighted areas refer to the indication of the skeletal elements; skull in green, tail in grey, pectoral girdle and forelimbs in red, pelvis and hind limbs in purple. (C) Reconstruction of Jaculinykus yaruui gen. et sp. nov. Grey areas are missing parts.
Taxa Jaculinykus

Holotype of Jaculinykus yaruui gen. et sp. nov. (MPC-D 100/209). (A) Photograph of the specimen. (B) Explanatory drawing of (A). Highlighted areas refer to the indication of the skeletal elements; skull in green, tail in grey, pectoral girdle and forelimbs in red, pelvis and hind limbs in purple. (C) Reconstruction of Jaculinykus yaruui gen. et sp. nov. Grey areas are missing parts.

limb pelvis drawing holotype +3
Holotype specimen (CRILAR-Pv 151) of Huayracursor jaguensis, a long-necked dinosaur that lived approximately 230 million years ago, placed in approximate anatomical articulation.
Taxa Huayracursor

Holotype specimen (CRILAR-Pv 151) of Huayracursor jaguensis, a long-necked dinosaur that lived approximately 230 million years ago, placed in approximate anatomical articulation.

holotype specimen Dinosauria Huayracursor
Rigorous skeletal of Pedopenna daohugouensis. Only the foot is shown as its taxonomic affinity is heavily debated due to the fragmentary nature of the holotype. The view is of its left foot in lateral view. The large boxes are 50mm and the small boxes are 25mm.
Taxa Pedopenna

Rigorous skeletal of Pedopenna daohugouensis. Only the foot is shown as its taxonomic affinity is heavily debated due to the fragmentary nature of the holotype. The view is of its left foot in lateral view. The large boxes are 50mm and the small boxes are 25mm.

holotype Pedopenna
Diagram featuring the holotype skull (ZPAL MgD-I/105) of Tylocephale gilmorei in left lateral view. Scale bar equals 5 cm (50 mm). Based on Maryańska & Osmólska, 1974,[1] and Sullivan, 2006.[2]
References

↑ (1974). "Pachycephalosauria, a new suborder of ornithischian dinosaurs". Palaeontologica Polonica (30): 45−102.

↑ (2006). "A taxonomic review of the Pachycephalosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithischia)". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin (35): 347–365.
Taxa Tylocephale

Diagram featuring the holotype skull (ZPAL MgD-I/105) of Tylocephale gilmorei in left lateral view. Scale bar equals 5 cm (50 mm). Based on Maryańska & Osmólska, 1974,[1] and Sullivan, 2006.[2] References ↑ (1974). "Pachycephalosauria, a new suborder of ornithischian dinosaurs". Palaeontologica Polonica (30): 45−102. ↑ (2006). "A taxonomic review of the Pachycephalosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithischia)". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin (35): 347–365.

scale museum Mexico holotype +6
Holotype of Protarchaeopteryx robusta on display at the Geological Museum of China.
Taxa Protarchaeopteryx

Holotype of Protarchaeopteryx robusta on display at the Geological Museum of China.

museum China holotype Protarchaeopteryx
An overview of the known fossil material of Tyrannomimus fukuiensis. Fossil specimens shown in are not in the same scale. The bar is scaled for the paratype (FPDM-V-10295). The holotype (FPDM-V-11333) and paratype in are colored in red and blue, respectively. The right femur in is mirrored from the left one (FPDM-V-11338).
Taxa Tyrannomimus

An overview of the known fossil material of Tyrannomimus fukuiensis. Fossil specimens shown in are not in the same scale. The bar is scaled for the paratype (FPDM-V-10295). The holotype (FPDM-V-11333) and paratype in are colored in red and blue, respectively. The right femur in is mirrored from the left one (FPDM-V-11338).

scale fossil holotype specimen +1
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