| Through genetic analyses, the study definitively concluded that the fetus is an African elephant and should no longer be considered a syntype for Asian elephants. |
| Figure 18 is a photograph of the remaining syntype, ZMB 4259, 185 mm SL, from Tranquebar, India. |
| As noted above, it closely resembles the syntype pygidium of E. acadicus, and is tentatively assigned to that species. |
| Also examined was the shell of a syntype specimen of Ostrea lurida from the Redpath Museum at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. |
| A three-specimen syntype series has been recognized, but Meek identified a type specimen, representing his choice of a lectotype. |
