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ComplexStateAttributeMetadata and other ComplexType missing at $metadata endpoint?

I am writing a Web API client that is calling the RetrieveMetadataChanges() function and it's getting back results.

When I attempt to parse the JSON, I am finding EntityMetaData > Attributes > "odata.type" key, like this snippet:

{ "EntityMetadata": [ { "Attributes": [ { "@odata.type": "#Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM.ComplexStateAttributeMetadata", ...

When the element occurs, it is a string that refers to various ComplexType-s from the XML theorg.crm.dynamics.com/.../$metadata endpoint.

The problem I'm running into is that not all these types appear to be described at the $metadata endpoint.

The following (apparently ComplexType-s) ARE NOT DEFINED at $metadata :

The following ComplexType-s ARE DEFINED at $metadata :

So my question is : where are the missing types declared? Is there a different endpoint that I'm missing?

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ComplexStateAttributeMetadata and other ComplexType missing at $metadata endpoint?