Holotype in a sentence as a noun

The name of a species is fixed to a specific "holotype".

By definition there is an holotype and a paper describing it, but often is a pain to unbury the info.

Limosus, Latin for muddy, refers to the holotype specimen being found in an unusual posture in a mudstone.

Holotype definitions

noun

the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made