Byssoarca reticulata McCoy 1844

Abstract

Byssoarca reticulata McCoy, 1844 Original source McCoy (1844): 73, pl. 12 fig. 9. Type stratum and age Chadian, lower Visean, Mississippian, Carboniferous (according to the collection label of National Museum of Ireland, Dublin). Type locality “ Millicent, Clane ”, County Kildare (Griffith in McCoy 1862), Ireland. Type material Type series stored at the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin. Lectotype (designated by Hind 1897) is a steinkern with shell preservation (NMING: F7355) figured by McCoy (1844) and Hind (1897: pl. 12 fig. 1). Additional paralectotypes are NMING: F7356, NMING: F5136 and NMING: F5137; all Griffith collection. Remarks Hind (1897) placed the species in the genus Parallelodon (see also Amler 1987). Note that Shih (in Fan et al. 1962) introduced Parallelodon reticulatus as a secondary synonym of P. reticulatus (McCoy, 1844).

Authors 3

1. Julia C. Friedel

   University of Cologne

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   Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 49 a, 50674 Cologne, Germany

2. Thomas A. Neubauer Aachen Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

   Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · Bavarian Natural History Collections · Naturalis Biodiversity Center · Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie

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   SNSB - Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology, Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, 80333 Munich, Germany. & Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology & Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, 80333 Munich, Germany. & Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, The Netherlands

3. Michael R. W. Amler

   University of Cologne · Philipps University of Marburg

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   Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 49 a, 50674 Cologne, Germany. & Department of Geography, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Deutschhausstr. 10, 35032 Marburg, Germany