The radiometric age alphanumeric strings assigned to each specimen description in the database consist of four components: the numeric age and its exponential modifier, a four-character mnemonic method identification, a two-character mnemonic name of analysed material, and the reference number in the rock group bibliography vector.
Table 1 presents test parameters and the associated specimen descriptions.
Terms used in the specimen descriptions for leaves and fruits follow Ellis et al. [ 58].
The dates of inclusion were November 1997 to April 2010; before November 1997, the MDACC pathology electronic files (which had been converted from an earlier format) did not include gross specimen descriptions.
The fabrication procedures of the specimens followed descriptions in Sect.
The species was also compared with the type specimens and descriptions of morphologically similar species.
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He based the species description on specimens from Lorne (including the holotype male and allotype female), Pomonal and Mount Mistake (in the Langi Ghiran State Park), Victoria, and from Zeehan, Eaglehawk Neck and Launceston, Tasmania.
Winge used four specimens for his description, including two skull fragments and an isolated maxilla (upper jaw) from the cave chamber Lapa da Escrivania Nr. 5 and a mandible (lower jaw) from Lapa da Serra das Abelhas, but the latter later turned out to be from a different species, probably Gyldenstolpia fronto.
Specimens for supplementary description: NMSZ 1996.004.293 adult female on slide, Shetland Islands, west coast, UK, 60°22.5'N, 01°32.48'W, 132.2 m depth, collected on benthos surface using a Day grab, Braer survey.
