%0 Journal Article %T Discovery of dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium and ytterbium isotopes %A C. Fry %A M. Thoennessen %J Physics %D 2012 %I arXiv %X Currently, 31 dysprosium, 32 holmium, 32 erbium, 33 thulium and 31 ytterbium isotopes have been observed and the discovery of these isotopes is discussed here. For each isotope a brief synopsis of the first refereed publication, including the production and identification method, is presented. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.5844v1