# first valid description

> formal description of a new taxon

**Wikidata**: [Q1361864](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1361864)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_description)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/first-valid-description


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)